"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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confidence vs ****iness?????

shadowinurdreams

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We all know women like confident men and somehow they can smell any insecurities from a distance lol but out of curiosity what would you guys say confident is and when is the line crossed to being to ****y?

I am also basing this around men and women that are mature mid 20's and up (i know plenty of 30 yr olds that are immature but for the sake of the argument lets assume 25 and up for women and men a couple years older)
 

"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.

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****iness is kosher in moderation, though with no regard for what she is going to think of it. IMO, excessive ****iness is a symptom of unconfidence (ie: posing). We should work to build our inner temple, and the outer acoutrements take care of themselves.
 

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This is how I see it.

If you're confident: You move confidently, talk calmly, not brag, not overexaggerate, social, brave in any situation, take the spotlight but not being needy.

****y: You move overlyconfidently but it seems mechanical since you're thinking about moving "extra cool", Talk too much with an assholish voice trying too hard, bragging, overexaggerating, being forcefully social, trying overtly hard to be social which makes you seem weird, trying to take spotlight in a needy way which makes you unintresting.
 

"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.

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If you're confident: You move confidently, talk calmly, not brag, not overexaggerate, social, brave in any situation, take the spotlight but not being needy.

****y: You move overlyconfidently but it seems mechanical since you're thinking about moving "extra cool", Talk too much with an assholish voice trying too hard, bragging, overexaggerating, being forcefully social, trying overtly hard to be social which makes you seem weird, trying to take spotlight in a needy way which makes you unintresting.
This makes perfect sense to me but I still find that if you put on the exaggeration a bit (****iness) the girls eat it up. It disappoints me to say this, but that's my experience. Don't know why they respond to it, but they do. It's equivalent to a girl sticking her boobs out, I guess. They're there anyway, but they're making them more noticeable.
 

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****iness is only as good as the mindset from which it comes.
 

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zekko said:
This makes perfect sense to me but I still find that if you put on the exaggeration a bit (****iness) the girls eat it up. It disappoints me to say this, but that's my experience. Don't know why they respond to it, but they do. It's equivalent to a girl sticking her boobs out, I guess. They're there anyway, but they're making them more noticeable.
no reason to be "disappointed".

****iness CAN be sexy to some women, but only to an extent..IMO. just like the girl who shows her boos that you referenced. If she ALWAYS has those suckers out, people will start to catagorize her as an attention *****. when she does it subtly, its more appealing.

in my experience, sometimes confidence can cause issues with other peoples perception of you. at times, some may intepret this as ****y. so be it.

when you stop carrying so much about what others think of you, that in itself is confidence.
 
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