Maximummax
Senior Don Juan
What are your thoughts on this one.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
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.
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.
Completely agree, you'll have a small chunk of guys as the haves and everyone else as the have nots.Who Dares Win said:It will happens the same that is happening in the economic field, those who are rich will become richer and those who are poor will become even poorer.
There will be the most racist society seen from the slavery times, except that this time it wont be race to count but your position in the social field, there will be alphas and upper betas at the top followed from the almost totality of women and at the bottom the majority of men who lacks what it needs to be successful in the renewed game.
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.
You just described my life perfectly. I'm 35, dating a 22 year old, and have women in their mid 20s chomping at the bit to get with me. I've already turned down a women for sex this month, and it's only a week old. Older guys are going to have it made.Desdinova said:With the emo / metrosexual boys turning into men, women are going to be much more lost when it comes to finding a strong, confident man. It will become much more common to see an older man with a much younger woman. The failure rate of marriage will continue to climb.
Any guy who can transform himself into an alpha male after being raised in a society of feminine men will find himself with many, many women at his disposal.
I'm gonna say to the OP, I'm assuming that the future means 10 years from now.Desdinova said:With the emo / metrosexual boys turning into men, women are going to be much more lost when it comes to finding a strong, confident man. It will become much more common to see an older man with a much younger woman. The failure rate of marriage will continue to climb.
Any guy who can transform himself into an alpha male after being raised in a society of feminine men will find himself with many, many women at his disposal.
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.