Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single
She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
called him, should I call again?
- Thread starter lone star
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"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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smeckle
Don Juan
Don't leave a message on the second call, though. That's just my general rule.
Charm&Style
Master Don Juan
Centaurion
Master Don Juan
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Ace_McGregor
Don Juan
Seriously, should I tell her that I've already cheated on her 30 times??
j/k
penkitten
Master Don Juan
$hit or get off the pot when it comes to your husband, you have no buisness flirting or calling other guys or thinking about cheating on your husband.
if you want to divorce him, then do it. if you dont, then stop having a mid life crisis already. i've already lost respect for you, and i dont even know you.
Ace_McGregor
Don Juan
Atleast spare the guy some misery and divorce your husband and get your emotions in check before you become romantically involed with someone else. Otherwise you're going to totally F that guy's life up.
BBX
Master Don Juan
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Thanks to the folks that answered politely. To the others: get lost.
P.S. It is interesting to see how most of you get all worked up at a woman's infidelity, but if the guy does it, then no problem. Pretty sad.
DJ_in_making
Master Don Juan
lone star said:
Yea... I'd cut back on this kind of on this crap on this forum.
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
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.
Why? What kind of crap? You guys should be happy there's a woman here. Instead of y'all trying to find out what women like you should ask them.DJ_in_making said:Yea... I'd cut back on this kind of on this crap on this forum.
P.S. All the stuff you're writing here about getting women is interesting. I'm learning a lot. I think I'll stay.
Maybe he's depressed cause he hasn't fvcked in 10 yrs!lone star said:
Why don't you try killing 2 birds w. one stone and going down on homey!
Then straddle that dilly... and re-birth your marriage and his feel good nature as a man!
Until then... PenKitten said it best.
"Sh!t or get off the pot!"
Ace_McGregor
Don Juan
Oh I get it - you want to be greedy and have your cake and eat it too... String two guys along at the same time while you try to make up you mind, which one you like better.... or maybe it's all about the cash, which is even worse. You should be ashamed.
...and BTW, guys are just as bad that do this same thing. I'm not advocating a double-standard here.
"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.