Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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Destroying Social Phobias

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This is a truly incredible post, it's basically the budding DJ's handbook.
Amazing, and great.
NICE!! :D
True DJ stuff.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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and good job to the guy that bumped it up from 2003 :)
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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links have been fixed
 

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Stuff like this never gets old. Time to shut off my computer and go out to the world and practice practice practice.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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I just read it myself. It sure is worth another bump. I've even noticed things I have told others in here and in real life, e.g. talk to bar staff, befriend others in night spots, approach all people, not just women.

No more Us and Them...get comfy talking to any stranger. Then when you want to approach a nice gurl, save your brain power for the opening lines and absorbing tactical information, not wasting it on being scared witless...stress kills your logic centre, and you will flub lines and body language for sure.
 

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Teen Spirit said:
Boschy said:
absorbing tactical information,
Absorbing tactical information? You're a virgin, right? If not, you should be.

I suggest you read more of Fingz' more recent posts.
Huh? When I said "absorbing tactical information", I just meant looking for possible conversation topics: clothes, environment, weather, situation, etc.

Now, what did you mean?
 

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BUMP this is an AWESOME THREAD

i totally agree that it's so important to first develop social skills with people in general before seriously macking on girls.

you gotta be to hold a decent conversation with people you don't know really well before u can start actually macking on women.

thanks for this thread

10 FINGERS UP
 

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This needs to be read by anyone who hasn't already read it.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

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.

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bravo this is a great thread , why isnt this stickied
 

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great advice... but I still have some trouble. After talking to many people in one day, my social anxiety seems to be fully disappeared... at least very low. But the next morning it starts all over again.
I have experienced this many times, and when I think the anxiety is gone at the end of the day, it starts all over again the next morning... damn, it almost seems to be impossible to get out of the cycle. I have been suffering from this anxiety for a year now.
 

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bumping this as this is a great thread; wish SS would have more quality posters these days. All the best stuff are in the archives!
 

"She's Out of Your League"

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.

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