You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Some girls are into analIcedT said:What do you guys think of this? Is it a good idea to cold approach a girl from behind, or does that kind of approach start off wrong, and look stalkerish?
IcedT said:What do you guys think of this? Is it a good idea to cold approach a girl from behind, or does that kind of approach start off wrong, and look stalkerish?
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
first exampleChronocidal said:Maybe you could tell us what exactly is happening in the approaches you are describing? Perhaps more people could give more usable pointers instead of making silly jokes.
Are you trying to catch up to someone you saw ahead of you walking on a street? Or are you trying to move your way through a massively overcrowded bar and happen to be located behind her (directly or a row-of-people or more separated)? Or...?
You beat me to the punch lol.CaptainJ said:Some girls are into anal