"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Best Revenge Ever on the EX that dumped you.
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"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
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.
And F*cking her best friend for the next few months.
The best part is, it wasn't even revenge! But now that I think of it, it sure could have been!
legolas
Master Don Juan
There are two ways to revenge that never work. One of them is ignorance, which makes you look weak, and the other is giving them a taste of their own medicine which as I argued breeds an infinite loop of anger. I've treid both and I can guarantee they never work. Oh and talking things over doesn't work either because it makes you look weak too.
BWSL2
Senior Don Juan
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
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.
Bonhomme
Master Don Juan
izza
Master Don Juan
Finding peace in your heart is the most important thing, but next best is self-improvement.
Izza
Bloke
Senior Don Juan
Unfortunatly I let my ex see my get all depressed, I wanted to get with her again but this just decreased my chances, as I wanted sympathy (you she still had feelings for her ex-'jerk' boyfriend whilst going out with me). Only about a week ago I started using the right attitude. I think she's starting to take an interest in me again. I just might have to disappoint her...
I agree with this to the word. I've always used the pain of rejection/being dumped to motivate me to better myself. Many times I've met up with my ex's and they've tried to worm their way back into my life, but after all the self-improvement and taking care of myself, I'm out of their league.
It's hard to beat the satisfaction of rejecting an ex who dumped you!
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
Bronxtal112
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I love Hyori Lee
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Schadenfreudianslip
Don Juan
Oh, by the way, I'm a female who was dumping guys. If you think that chicks with issues are disgusting, try guys with issues. I think that you all know a guy to whom you're tempted to throw a box of tampons.
Another thing about living well: Just live well. Do it for yourself. Don't live to throw it in their faces. That's just immature. A simple tactic for living well is Myspace/Facebook photos.
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
KarmaSutra
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Enjoy:
Originally Posted by KarmaSutra
Funny sidebar about this particular ex girlfriend. I was hanging out at her Mom's place and GF went to pickup her sister from work. We're chatting about nothing and her Mom switched the tv over to the vcr (this indicates how long ago this was) and on the tv is a chick sucking c0ck like no tomorrow!
I know what's up and pull her Mom over to me and kiss her playing itty biggy t!tty. Of course she starts fumbling with my buttonfly's and gets them off to give me one of the best oral lessons I've ever recieved. Off the hook good.
She recieves my gift and goes to the ladies room to gargle and rinse out my goo. Short while later GF and cvnt jr get there and she can smell it.
She knows.
Something happened but we ain't talking. Never said a word UNTIL I came home from vacation in CT to find half my sh!t gone.
Then, I told her Dad (that's where she moved back with MY stuff) that if I didn't have all of my things back at my house within two hours, his neighbors and everyone at his church would have glossy 5x7's of his beloved eldest daughter taking acupuncture up her dirtchute with my beef injection and
8x10's of her giving me mouth to meatwhistle rescucitation.
After about an hour and a half they roll in to my yard and all of my stuff has been replaced where it had been taken.
Just goes to show that it certainly does pay to keep something from every relationship in your back pocket. There will ulitmately come a rainy day in EVERY relationship.
Interesting postscrip to the ex GF; After my things were back and they were leaving is when I sprung it on them both that every time they had kissed thier Mom/Wife they had sucked my d!ck by-proxy!
"Have a great life." were the last words I uttered to them both.
Not the last time I had fvcked her Mom though.
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.