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Master Don Juan
:yes: :rockon:Vlad the Impaler said:Wake me up when one of these exist anymore.
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.
:yes: :rockon:Vlad the Impaler said:Wake me up when one of these exist anymore.
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.
That makes no sense.robinincarolina said:Feminism has not hurt women in my opinion, we really don't have a choice, we have to survive as well and some of us not only want to survive, we want to thrive so whats so wrong with that? All we want is a man who is capable of being present with us. Physically and emotionally.
Of Christ this old chestnut.robinincarolina said:A successful woman in any proffesion needs to date a man who is not intimidated by it and a man that knows what he wants and goes after it. A woman's proffesion does not determine the woman neccesarily. How about a dating coach, how would guys feel about dating a dating coach?
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.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
Agree with you.She_feelin_Me said:I wouldnt care what profession she is in aslong its not anything dealing with being paid for sex....
You nailed it.Rollo Tomassi said:Typically, men could care less what a woman earns or what she does to earn it - it's simply not a factor in attraction for us - we don't take a woman's status or wealth into consideration, all she has to be is hot. That is a guy's one condition for intimacy; physical attraction / sexual availability. She's gotta be hot - whether she makes six figures or is in the pit of poverty is irrelevant in attraction. Oprah and Star Jones' husbands still have to get aroused, and all the money in the world wont be any better an aphrodesiac.
Status, wealth and the other rewards that result from 'professional' life are conditions women have for men in attraction. That's not to discount the importance of men being physically attractive or other attributes, but women have far more conditions for their intimacy than men, and these conditions are predicated upon characteristics that prove a man as a good provider for her and any future offspring's security. These male characteristics (or sometimes just the prospects of a man attaining them) are defined by women as having value and are therefore attractive. Attractive enough to make a man with these qualities one to be competed for with other women. Women define what is masculine, they define what male traits have value for their investment of intimacy. Men define what is feminine, they define what female traits have value for their investment of their provision of security and meeting the condition criteria women place on them for their intimacy.
Women in the professional realm would like the conditions for attraction to be predicated upon their professional status (wealth), individual merit and/or aspects their personal integrity, and a whole list of esoteric qualities, but they still fight against men's basic impulses - she's-go-to-be-hot! If a woman is attractive a man is more than happy to have her foot the bill regardless of comparative incomes, it's just icing on the cake for us, but this is analagous to a woman who marries a rich guy who also happens to be good looking.
The 'Today's Woman' crowd love to use this manufactured fear that men are expected to have in response to why guy's ought to be ashamed of themselves for basing their attraction of the physical by blaming it on 'men's fragile egoes' or how they 'feel threatened by professional women'. It comes down to an expectation and entitlement from their 'professionalism' that men should redefine their own criteria for attraction based on what women finds attractive in the masculine. Essentially, they're expecting their status, professionalism, earning capacity and all the rewards afforded them from playing in the professional realm to become attractors for like-status males.
The ideology then grinds it's teeth at the men 'qualified' to date professional women for having a tendency to hit on women far younger, less 'powerful' and (surprise) generally in much better physical shape than the 'professional' they should be dating. For this they're called 'infantile', 'immature', or the behavior is regarded as a character flaw, or a desire to relive his youth with a 'trophy wife' - interesting that this term should come from the same faction to complain about the evils of objectifying women. All the man is doing is following his primary impulse, she has to be hot!
As most women bemoan, men have a tendency to see women as sex objects in attraction. Women have a tendency to see men as success objects. The problem with this 'professional woman' mythology is that professional women want to be success objectsthemselves, but nature keeps confounding their efforts.
Now, all of that said, if a woman's choice is to enter the public realm and pursue a career in the same fashion that men have for years, more power to her. Great, you go girl, so long as they understand the responsibilities and liabilities of doing so. They should also thoughroughly understand that men will define what is attractive for them, not women, professional or otherwise.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
OK.robinincarolina said:..I am a proffesional woman, but my proffesion does not determine the kind of woman I am.
I consult and am a freelance writter.
Ha ha ! Are you serious ? In that case, I surely hope that those editors are men.DonS said:I'm not sure how many females are in your workplace, but this is what passes nowadays for a "prophessional" woman who is a "writter." She's actually one of the better ones I've run across. She probably works for the New York or LA Times; both companies employ an army of editors.
Hoo-dogey! One of them thar proffesional writters!robinincarolina said:I am a proffesional woman...
I consult and am a freelance writter.
That's because you're such a narcissist!vladtheimpaler said:If they can't speak good English, I'm in love.
Thing is, you may not realize it, but you haven't woken up yet. That's why you can spout things like "all I want is a man who is present", not realizing this is NOT an original line that came from you. You've been programmed to think that, say that.robinincarolina said:So whoever is asleep up there wake up.
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.