"Blank Mind on Dates? She's Dropping Hints You Keep Missing"

The plates get cleared and the silence lands like a brick. You can feel her waiting. Your brain offers up your commute, your job, the weather — topics that have ended more second dates than bad breath.

Here's what most guys never learn: women hand out free conversational material all night long. Tiny clues about what they actually want to discuss. Catch them and you never run out of things to say — because she's telling you what to say next.

Rule 4 of the "22 Rules" trains your ear to catch every single one.

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Best article I've seen in a while: Date Other Women!!

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http://www.sosuave.com/quick/tip337.htm

I read this and I found it to be SO true it's not even funny. It seems like every time I "get back into the game" and start to date a couple women, I'll inevitably start to favor one and drop contacts with the others, but as soon as I do, the one starts getting away with more and more BS and it slips by because she's become your "sole-source" of girl-ness, so you don't have anything to compare her to and you're willing to put up with more BS to get what you want.

Seriously, if you're not, like, engaged or VERY seriously dating, date a couple of women. There's nothing wrong with that. The GIRL is doing it, you can be SURE of that...I've lost track of the number of times I used to hear my mother tell my sister to play the field, despite the fact that she had a boyfriend she SWORE she was going to marry one day. :rolleyes:
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Is it me - or are your posts getting more and more pessemistic?




Seriously, if you're not, like, engaged or VERY seriously dating, date a couple of women. There's nothing wrong with that. The GIRL is doing it, you can be SURE of that...I've lost track of the number of times I used to hear my mother tell my sister to play the field, despite the fact that she had a boyfriend she SWORE she was going to marry one day.
 

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I've lost track of the number of times I used to hear my mother tell my sister to play the field, despite the fact that she had a boyfriend she SWORE she was going to marry one day

I'll inevitably start to favor one and drop contacts with the others, but as soon as I do, the one starts getting away with more and more BS
As I said, perhaps it's just me... but I seem to recall reading the last couple of posts that you originated being negative about your personal situation...??????

But again - maybe that was just my own perception.
 

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I'd say it's more pragmatic than pessimistic.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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