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.
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.
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?![]()
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.
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'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.
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
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
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.![]()
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.