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.
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.
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.
Zapp Brannigan said:If you're in a relationship with her, no. If you're just talking and nothing has escalated, then yes.
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup:Poon King said:YES
Because there is no GOOD reason not to. My values and beliefs are in line with the idea that variety is the spice of life. So I live accordingly.
Even when I meet a girl I like more than usual.. I still flirt with others and continue meeting and f*cking others because this is the lifestyle I want to live and its not negotiable.
With spinning plates, the benefits outweigh the downsides (for me). And with commitment, the downside outweighs the benefit (for me). I love that a lot of women will simply try harder to get my attention and/or work harder to be with me BECAUSE they have competition. I also love that women will be on their best behavior when they see I have other women interested. This is how I like it.
When you commit to ONE woman you put her on a pedestal. Once you put ONE woman on a pedestal and start living according to HER rules.. you become her b!tch and her slave. This is called beta submission and its pathetic.
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
WRONG.MAYALL said::crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
More beta KJ nonsense. Beta submission is a term for guys like you who feel completely powerless to women fearing you'll be dominated by them in relationships. You're putting women on a pedestal believing they have more power over you. That's an awful fearful weak beta mindset to have. Bascially you're saying you're a weak helpless beta who will be dominated by a woman forced to follow her rules. Alpha men know how to lead women in relationships and women follow their rules. Betas like you are weak and sumbit any power you have to the "more powerful" woman. That's as pathetic as you can get. Quit fearing women and relationships believing they're more powerful than you putting them on a high pedestal.
Poon King said:WRONG.
But your beta anger proves your beta status. Only a pathetic beta slave would have a problem with anything I say.
Cry more b!tch.
Seriously?Poon King said:Only a pathetic beta slave would have a problem with anything I say.
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.