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.
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.
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guru1000 said:If Biology tumps conviction then how would you be a bodybuilder? All the low carb and calorie dieting preparing for a contest. Measuring your protein grams and calories to a T. Water intake measures to the tablespoon. You feel like a tearing up a pie of pizza everyday (the last 60-90 days before the contest but you dont'. You CONVICTION trumps BIOLOGY.
You see a nice 10 walk by you on the street. She is blazing wearing tight fitted clothes. You give her a second look and say "I wish I was not married."
You don't pursue. Your CONVICTION trumps BIOLOGY.
I speak of personal experience. I have had quite a few LTR's with HOT young girls who never cheated and behaved to my every whim. Does this mean they have never thought of other guys? Of course not. However as I stated before, we are all motivated by pain/pleasure. All of us including young hot women. I made very clear my disposition and SHE knows if she acted on her instinct she would get the boot. She makes a decision by weighing the options. "I think this other guy is hot but if I cheat on GURU , I will never see him again". Her CONVICTION trumps BIOLOGY once again because she fears the consequence of acting on her instinct.
This is the only thing that seperates us from animals. CHOICE. We CHOOSE based on the scale Pleasure vs Pain.
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.
Hey Thunder, I wouldn't search for a clearer understanding of the whole deal..you will just beat yourself up. Some things are best left unexplained.ThunderMaverick said:If I understand, then why am I so pissed off? Why do I feel like pushing her off a f*cking cliff? Why do I feel so betrayed? Is it because she's following "biology" and I don't understand? Or did she do something seriously wrong to me? Was she being selfish or just being what nature made her out to be? She's "In LOVE" with me but wants to have sex with a guy out of state. Apparently if we got into another relationship (which she wants, but she really doesn't) I'll hold her back from her fun.
Once I get a clearer understanding of this whole ordeal I'll be able to move on more smoothly.
Exactly Thunder. There's no point, because you are moving on to better things, as a man does. She made a decision, most likely one that she may regret later on, however right now she's going for what she thinks is a Bigger Better Deal. (the infamous BBD)ThunderMaverick said:You're right, Mr. Positive. What would be the point in searching for a reason anyways. Actions show that she didn't want to be with me and was going to have sex with another guy. I don't tolerate that.
ThunderMaverick said:She could have just not wanted to be with me, plain and simple. All of that love talk could have been smoke up my ass.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
No!!! She is gone already but remember your past!!! The past is the only thing that you have!!!Adam007 said:leave her. and forget ur past...................
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.
ThunderMaverick said:Oh, me being in love with a woman who wants to f*ck other guys isn't the punchline.
Her saying she's IN LOVE WITH ME is the joke! What rational sane person can understand this:
"I'm in love with you, but I can't be in a relationship. I know how I get when I'm in relationships. I never promised you anything and I said "maybe". I would like to be friends, yet I'm still strongly attracted to you. If we had sex I would want to be with you again. I would want to be in a relationship with you again and you know I'm bad at it. Who knows what the future holds for us? I try to control myself around you..ALSO there's a guy I want to fu*ck who lives in Texas. Yeah."
What do I look like?
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.