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.
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.
You're saying protein isn't important to bodybuilding?Originally posted by DJBen
All these people that are 150-165lbs that take in 200+ grams of protein...really does make me laugh.
Originally posted by [T]he ishop
You're saying protein isn't important to bodybuilding?![]()
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're using something flavoured containing dextrose such as Phosphagen HP, correct? Pure creatine monohydrate is tasteless and odorless.Originally posted by crazykid
Well, I just finished my chest/shoulder workout and had the creatine with some cold water. It's not bad at all. Tastes like fruit punch. I was dead tired after the workout, but as I was drinking it, my muscles felt...Healed. Strange.
EAS Edge Advantage HP High Performance Creatine Plus.Originally posted by Eulogy
You're using something flavoured containing dextrose such as Phosphagen HP, correct? Pure creatine monohydrate is tasteless and odorless.
I'd take anything found on that forum with a grain of salt.Originally posted by Nocturnal
You might want to check this out: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=100831
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.
I saw that and wanted to get a few opinions.Originally posted by Nocturnal
You might want to check this out: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=100831
That's all in your headOriginally posted by crazykid
I was dead tired after the workout, but as I was drinking it, my muscles felt...Healed. Strange.
Well what exactly would you disagree with in that thread? The teen board is bad over there and that is it.Originally posted by Eulogy
I'd take anything found on that forum with a grain of salt.
Seriously.
Haha, if that's the case, I wonder what else my mind can held...Originally posted by Fatality
That's all in your head![]()
DJBEN - Ronnie Coleman has been eating over 600 grams of protein a day for years
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.
Originally posted by DJBen
I'm no creatine whizz, so I cant really help. Although as far as I understand, you take some before so it starts kicking in during/just after your work out and the rest to keep it all going and let your muscles easily relax and heal. Though thats guesswork.
That along with food and pussy.Originally posted by R3N3GAD3
In a sense I suppose it has a healing effect. Since your taking more water, and more water is being absorbed by your muscles, they have an easier time recovering. We all know water is one of the necessities of life![]()
Man whoreOriginally posted by crazykid
That along with food and pussy.![]()
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.