"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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Does personality even matter?

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Being brutally honest, I am confused enough now that i can not say if you are a troll or have some sort of autism

not trying to smear you or anything, and hopefully I am wrong. Just what I feel from these ongoing back and forth about some topics that are quite straightforward for the very vast majority of guys in the world

and for some reason it feels that you are projecting the stuff that you lack into being the super most important things and that without them you are doomed
I also feel like he is a troll. I remember how he recommended a new guy to get hookers and switch countries to get even more hookers. I believe his logic was to get "more relaxed around women". Why would anyone write this on a forum like this? Makes no sense.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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I”ve seen all kinds of stuff

Down syndrome couples , couples in wheelchairs, etc

what I usually don’t see is guys or women jumping that much outside of their looks rating, unless maybe there is in a club or something like that. But that usually is just hooking up, and usually is guys doing 2-3 points besides their looks rating
yep exactly. So ppl play in their own looks leauge.
And ‘personality ‘ is most likely a minimal factor in reality. It’s really Allpha vs Beta personality. Women will compromise on a dudes personality imo, as they know they will be able to control the show anyway , as they have the bigger social IQ and manipulation skills in any relationship.
They just make the guy THINK it’s his amazing personality initially. Let him think that. As they pull him , and not the other way around . all women are amazing actresses in that regard mate , is my opinion as an older guy

They run their Game on us.
And not the other way around.
They just let us think that WE have great ‘game’ cos they know we have fragile egos.

As men are ‘easy’ to women. The average male is quite dumb in comparison to the average female.

think about it…
 
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It matters a lot once you get past the first date or two. And even to a large degree on the first date, it can make the difference between something happening and nothing happening.

Looks get you in the door. Personality and other traits keep it from getting slammed shut in your face.
 

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Well unless you are talking about an Alpha vs Beta type set of personality traits . I’d disagree.

but looks like I’ll have to agree to disagree with you all on this.

but thanks for the debate, it’s been very interesting.
Thread can be locked now I reckon.
 

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Well unless you are talking about an Alpha vs Beta type set of personality traits . I’d disagree.

but looks like I’ll have to agree to disagree with you all on this.

but thanks for the debate, it’s been very interesting.
Thread can be locked now I reckon.
You can disagree all you want, but I guess it depends on what your of relationship you are looking to have. If it's just to fvck then probably not so much. If it's an actual relationship that gets deeper into LTR territory then I'm not really sure what you are disagreeing with.
 

“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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Tbh and ill try close on this one.

the only Game that I see working as a strategy outaide of improving looks & behaviour to appear more Alpha, is flipping the script on a woman so that she becomes the persuer and not the Persued.
the chaser and not the chasee.

I think most women are wired to chase and complete against other women for a man,

it’s the most effective kind of game imo outaide of being the alpha guy and setting up the Dom-sub dynamic,

those two strategies are the way to go imo,
 

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Tbh and ill try close on this one.

the only Game that I see working as a strategy outaide of improving looks & behaviour to appear more Alpha, is flipping the script on a woman so that she becomes the persuer and not the Persued.
the chaser and not the chasee.

I think most women are wired to chase and complete against other women for a man,

it’s the most effective kind of game imo outaide of being the alpha guy and setting up the Dom-sub dynamic,

those two strategies are the way to go imo,
Dude, women rarely Chase. Especially if sex does not happen

even the ones that are way bellow you in terms of looks will not chase you. They would rather die than chase you

unless she is super anxious or something, but even then it is more a no than a yes

seriously, have no idea from where you get these ideas … for sure not from the field
 

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You can disagree all you want, but I guess it depends on what your of relationship you are looking to have. If it's just to fvck then probably not so much. If it's an actual relationship that gets deeper into LTR territory then I'm not really sure what you are disagreeing with.
I tend to think that even in LTR territory , mens whole Perspective on this personality thing is incorrect as well. You should see the amount of b1tching women do w their girlfriends about their men. The women will slate each others BFs togehter on group chats. That’s what they are doing half the day on their phones.

they just smile and pretend to their men,
And one week of the month get hormones and are lovey -dovey. The other 3 weeks they are either neutral or a pain in the ass and openly agressive, in most relationships this occurs.

And also , to any guy is not yet a father -wait till she had the kids and watch the change . The mask falls
Off pretty fast then. Across the board. That’s a real reality check :eek:
 

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If sexual desire is built in the mind, how could personality not affect attraction? This is a fundamental truth.
wrll different guys here are giving different definitions here as to what is that personality,
I can’t list them all.
But I’m saying it’s alpha traits /dominance traits.
Other guys saying it’s jsut confidence,
And other guys saying it’s rapport based and making women feel special .

so my take is a bit different and back to alpha male theory, or a guy that can prize himself or flip the script and make her chase him with game playing.
Maybe that’s Dark oersonality trait idk, probably.

I reckon the rapport based ideas of personality are not solid. And that confidence as a general term is not specific enough I guess,

it’s really looks + dominance traits in personality simply. Not rapport building skills and the other things guys chuck in. That’s not as important. Women will build the rapport.

I’m looking for a more specific definiton.of what actually works. With some good evidence to it,
 
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"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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wrll different guys here are giving different definitions here as to what is that personality,
I can’t list them all.
But I’m saying it’s alpha traits /dominance traits.
Other guys saying it’s jsut confidence,
And other guys saying it’s rapport based and making women feel special .

so my take is a bit different and back to alpha male theory, or a guy that can prize himself or flip the script and make her chase him with game playing.
Maybe that’s Dark oersonality trait idk, probably.

I reckon the rapport based ideas of personality are not solid. And that confidence as a general term is not specific enough I guess,

it’s really looks + dominance traits in personality simply. Not rapport building skills and the other things guys chuck in. That’s not as important. Women will build the rapport.

I’m looking for a more specific definiton.of what actually works. With some good evidence to it,
That's not personality tho. That's like 5% of what personality entails. It would be like saying "going to the gym is all you need to become jacked", when that's only a part of it. Nutrition, macros, sleep, recovery, etc all play a part in it.
 
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I tend to think that even in LTR territory , mens whole Perspective on this personality thing is incorrect as well. You should see the amount of b1tching women do w their girlfriends about their men. The women will slate each others BFs togehter on group chats. That’s what they are doing half the day on their phones.

they just smile and pretend to their men,
And one week of the month get hormones and are lovey -dovey. The other 3 weeks they are either neutral or a pain in the ass and openly agressive, in most relationships this occurs.

And also , to any guy is not yet a father -wait till she had the kids and watch the change . The mask falls
Off pretty fast then. Across the board. That’s a real reality check :eek:
You know, my theory about women b1tching about men in general is actually a projection of their own behavior

Almost all the women that I met that were b1tching about men / relationships, etc saying that men are toxic or whatever, in reality they were the toxic ones

and I think that hamster wheel spins something like

Woman knows she is toxic deep down -> projects that men must be too ( or worse ) -> they feel guilty for being toxic -> finds the slightest reason to pin it on the men -> ends up with men are the toxic ones and she is a victim
 

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That's not personality tho. That's like 5% of what personality entails. It would be like saying "going to the gym is all you need to become jacked", when that's only a part of it. Nutrition, macros, sleep, recovery, etc all play a part in it.
Personality encompasses body language, tonality, style, communication skills, sense of humor, hobbies, interests, mannerisms, educational background, work ethic, morals, values, emotional intelligence, confidence, social awareness, assertiveness, charisma, conversational skills, leadership, temperament, behavior, and how you handle conflict, rejection, stress, and adversity.

I'm probably missing a more things, but women care about these qualities to varying degrees, and some of them can even be deal breakers. So, yes, OP should know personality does matter, to a certain extent.
 
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It matters for relationships.

Its matters for cold approach to the extent that if you are ridiculously weird/shy/boring/autistic, then you probably won't get the lay even if she thinks you are hot (unless you are like a 1% giga chad in which case you'll still probably get her for the night lol)
But you can't really 'personality' your way into a hot girls pants from a cold approach when she isn't REMOTELY physically attracted to you.
I know everyone on forums has a 'friend' who is obese, bald and 5ft tall who cleans up, but you have to say it's weird how we've never seen anything close to that when it comes to actual verified dating coaches who have dedicated their lives to this. I've certainly never seen it in my 20+ years of nightgame

We've never seen anything like that. Everything we've seen from 'pros' is more or less what you'd expect to see (i.e better looking coaches do way better than the others who need to play a much bigger numbers game. And importantly, you can typically tell within 2 seconds whether his approach will work or not if you are paying attention to her body language and replies etc!)

It's a bit like someone claiming they know guys who can run faster than Usain Bolt lol

I've always said that 'game' (personality) DOES matter to some extent. Social skills matter. But from a cold approach especially, her decision (attraction level) is more or less decided as fast as it is with you when you see a girl. The higher it is, the more bad 'game' you can get away with. 'shy' becomes 'mysterious' etc
 
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The difficulty is when the guy is not physically attractive to her. Even if he has a good personality, she will likely ignore him, give him one word answers or shut him down hard before he has any opportunity to demonstrate his personality. He’s basically considered “creepy” by default. This is more of a problem during cold approach or any situation where he’s not likely to encounter her again.

In a social circle, he might have more opportunities to display his personality. While she is unlikely to change her mind about his lack of attractiveness, he has a fair chance to shed the “creepy” label and maybe upgrade to “friendzone.” Not great but marginally better than being seen as a creep.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

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.

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The difficulty is when the guy is not physically attractive to her. Even if he has a good personality, she will likely ignore him, give him one word answers or shut him down hard before he has any opportunity to demonstrate his personality. He’s basically considered “creepy” by default. This is more of a problem during cold approach or any situation where he’s not likely to encounter her again.

In a social circle, he might have more opportunities to display his personality. While she is unlikely to change her mind about his lack of attractiveness, he has a fair chance to shed the “creepy” label and maybe upgrade to “friendzone.” Not great but marginally better than being seen as a creep.
Plenty of examples of how attractiveness changes the longer a woman knows a man and she starts becoming attracted to things other than looks. Research backs this up and so does the fact of seeing hot girls with ugly dudes that she has known for a long time and has fallen for other aspects of him

Attractiveness is far less "static" than people believe.
 
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