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.
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.
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.
I'm an introverted guy. But I can hold an intelligent conversation with just about anyone. I've never had a problem having a conversation with a reasonably intelligent, non vapid girl.PairPlusRoyalFlush said:There are likely a lot of introverts here. Introverted women are soooo difficult to crack and very draining to be around, especially for another introvert.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
of all the generalizations posted on this forum (of which there are a lot), I nominate this one generalization of the year.skinnyguy said:If a woman is an extrovert and has been validated socially her whole life, she will probably:
1) Gossip a lot. The women I see in the lunch room who have the most friends are always gossiping about others, and also talking about people who are "wronging" them in some way. As if they are the center of the universe. I take the same treatment from people and have never complained once.
2) Try to boss over you. She will try to get you to "change" yourself, because she knows she can next you for another guy if you don't comply.
3) Make everything about herself. I've never met an extroverted woman who volunteered at a homeless shelter. Never.
I'm not claiming to have met every woman in the world who volunteers at a homeless shelter. I'm just claiming that the gossipy women at the office don't do these kinds of things because everything is about them. This is not an opinion it's a fact. I do know several women who volunteer on a regular basis.sylvester the cat said:of all the generalizations posted on this forum (of which there are a lot), I nominate this one generalization of the year.
How many women who volunteer at homeless shelters do you know?
Or are you saying you've met every woman in the world who volunteers at homeless shelters that qualifies that ridiculous statement?
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.
Can you supply evidence to back up these 'facts'? I'm getting tired of all these facts being thrown around without any evidence to substantiate them.skinnyguy said:I'm not claiming to have met every woman in the world who volunteers at a homeless shelter. I'm just claiming that the gossipy women at the office don't do these kinds of things because everything is about them. This is not an opinion it's a fact. I do know several women who volunteer on a regular basis.
sylvester the cat said:Can you supply evidence to back up these 'facts'? I'm getting tired of all these facts being thrown around without any evidence to substantiate them.