Cerwin Vega
Master Don Juan
Alright, on second thought maybe saying it was a mistake - but again, who cares what she thinks? It's time to move on.
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 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.
Stop second guessing yourself fellaCerwinVegaFan said:Alright, on second thought maybe saying it was a mistake - but again, who cares what she thinks? It's time to move on.
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.
When dealing with BPDs you don't follow the normal stages of grief. It's impossible because the BPD is still alive, and could still make contact and/or be seen at any point - as well as the unresolved feelings and the trauma of the relationship itself.CerwinVegaFan said:All these memories come floating now and everything seems to fit so well:
This one time we went out with my friends, after 5 minutes she said she's feeling cold and wants to go home. I told her I will come with her, she literally pushed me out of her car so I won't come with her.
I called her at 2am and her phone was busy. Now I know why she went home that slot.
Now I know why she was tired all the time.
Now I know why she was acting so indifferent.
I'm not worried, karma will take care of her.
What does it say about me? Am I already at stage 2- anger?
No contact is more for when they're still in your life. If they're not in your life, work on yourself, go the gym, read self-help books, go out clubbing, go make new friends, go sky-diving, go the library. Make new neural paths - do new things that aren't associated with the BPD. You're into habits, habits that can't be fulfilled now that she's left. But you literally need to deal with the issue YOU HAVE, that causes you to have such a person in your life, and to crave the kind of sociopathic abuse that you've suffered.Mrgoodguy301 said:Everybody always says go no contact, what the hell are you suppose to do when they go silent and just up and leave? I don't get her,..
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.
Actually ignoring mine at the moment. She keeps posting stuff on fb that she knows I like, suddenly starts loving cats, and loving my songs on smule telling me how she's listened 4 times. I shall continue to ignore. I really want to see her start telling me how much she loves me.Dgwizdal said:Good thread - the only way to keep BPD chicks around and in line is to treat them like dog **** and stick to your guns when the manipulation comes. She will worship you. Sad but True - Never get emotionally invested and give very little if any validation.
Ignore them and watch them go bat **** insane.
I don't think anyone is that AFC that they would sit around waiting for their BPD to contact them for years.Mrgoodguy301 said:Yeah but when they start ignoring you they can last for years. Watch out with that one.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.