She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
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.
Haha, yeah.. You're totally right bro!Shiftkey said:Le Parisien, while the advice that guy gave was sh1tty, it IS possible to approach any woman and pick her up if your game is good enough. The key is to do what most guys don't, which is pretty much the opposite of what the guy in the video did lol
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.
Le Parisien said:Lol...:crackup:
The last part was awesome: "FVCK OFF!"![]()
What did he expect? No previous eye contact, not the slightest gauge of interest level.
I never buy into the "just do it", "just walk over there and pick them up" bullsh*t. I mean if it was that easy and only takes "courage", most guys would be getting laid by HBs...all the time....
By the way, after the "Angelus incident", I tend to give much much less credibility to the "unbelievably" field reports given here. For all I know, their "I just walked up to the HB and fluff talked and I kinoed a lot and we slept with her that very night" might be some keyboard jockeys just talking the talk so he can "make a point"...:crackup:
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
Which makes it perfect for the Anything Else forum!Mitch_Mustain said:while there was nothing to be learned from this...the whole thing was like a big long joke which ended with "**** OFF!"" ha ha! clever
More importantly, no attraction. Rapport without attraction breeds the friend zone.SELF-MASTERY said:no rapport