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.
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.
I disagree dude. It doesn't just happen out of the blue, it happens when a guy creates an obsessive idealization of a chick in his mind. There are many causes. For instance, he might do this because he's desperate, has a scarcity mentality in regard to women, or feels he's obligated to get married by a certain age. There are more possible causes.joekerr31 said:oneitis isn't caused by anything anyone does. IF it were there were be multiple guys with oneitis over the same woman.
oneitis is a mystery. it just happens out of the blue with no explanation.
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.
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
The problem of oneitis is related to the man, not the woman.Miss said:Just curious as to what some girls do to cause Oneitis and what others do that make it easy to next them.
One thing I noticed with some people I know is that usually they're also trying to fill some void in themselves.Rollo Tomassi said:There are a LOT of precursors to ONEitis and a lot of associated AFC behaviors that come as a result of ONEitis, but the cause of ONEitis can almost universally be traced back to one common factor - a complete lack or severe deficit of any viable options with regards to other women.The guy who knows (both consciously and unconsciously) only one woman is potentially available for him to meet his need for sexual intimacy will necessisarily idealize her.
I agree with all of this, but still, sometimes the guy do have options and is so conditioned to believe he is not complete without someone that he goes as far as he can to be with one single woman who idealizes his perception of what is missing in him.Rollo Tomassi said:I realize I always come back to Plate Theroy when it comes to ONEitis, but it's proven true time and again; the more plates you have spinning simultaneously is directly proportional to developing ONEitis. A man without options becomes necessitous, and necessitous men are never free. A lack of viable options (i.e. more non-exclusive women) combined with men's natural propensity to avoid rejection is a veritable recipe for ONEitis.
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.
^^^:crackup:penkitten said:the cause is lack of pirates.
if our world had more pirates, there would be very little oneitis.
girls dont cause oneitus, Love and social ideals and concepts cause oneitus.Miss said:Just curious as to what some girls do to cause Oneitis and what others do that make it easy to next them.