You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
is it seriously that easy?Furyguy said:Tell her you saw her on TV.
Or anything else. It really doesn't matter.
Pretty much dude. As long as you're saying something that's not boring and not retarded, you'll probably do OK.is it seriously that easy?
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.
Yeah i've had IOI's before. The last monday she was with her classmates behind me in the library so I thought 'yehh boi this could work to your advantage...make some eye contact'. I did and she was responsive. I saw this thing on sosuave the other day which said if the both of you make eye contact three times she wants to speak to you. I knew this and thought 'lets take this further' so i turned in my swivel chair reading the daily paper pretending to talk to my mate whilst focusing my entire body her way. I knew she was digging this cos whenever I looked up her body was leaning towards me/facing me more and was giving me some nice IOI's like REALLY scruffing up with her hair and staring at my crotch and shoes. So after all signs point to yes I still manage to have fear about starting to chat with her.hondo928 said:Hi I'm X. I'm assuming she's already given you IOI's since you said you know she will like you once you talk to her If she's already attracted to you just about anything will work
LOL! I like that!Furyguy said:I still think the hardest part is starting the movement.
The trick I use:
Move your foot, or arm, or head, or anything, even a slight bit in her direction, and once you start moving it's easier to keep going than it is to turn back.