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.
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.
Nothing. Tell her to enjoy her singlehood. Women like her are narcisstic. "I dont want to get hurt" translates to "you arent a combination of Bo Jackson and Donald Trump, so get lost."progressive1 said:I met a chick a few days ago. scale 1-10, shes an 8. I ask her y she is single she tells me she doesnt want to get hurt. She also tells me she's single because she wants to be. Whut is a good comeback for that. I appreciate the help
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.
no,i do not think that is true.JackPrescott said:Nothing. Tell her to enjoy her singlehood. Women like her are narcisstic. "I dont want to get hurt" translates to "you arent a combination of Bo Jackson and Donald Trump, so get lost."
again with this,you are beggin her in a technical sense.you are trying to weasel your way into her life.Rumpelstiltskin said:Tell her that if she is alone then no one would be there to heal her wound(s).
I've been hearing a lot of enlightened sayings today. This is one of them.whyme2008 said:i think these are just ideas guys pump into their minds.lets be realistic.i know many women who are like that.and this retreat from pursuin relationships is really a "shell" to protect the ego.
love never gets hurt,its ego that is hurt.
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.
Nighthawk said:"It'll only hurt a little bit."
You could try telling her not to be such a pussy... but really she's telling you she doesn't find you attractive so Next.
She is just making a statement about being single. What kind of comeback did you expect us to give you? "Girlfriend, you don't know what you are saying because I'm God's gift to women!"progressive1 said:I met a chick a few days ago. scale 1-10, shes an 8. I ask her y she is single she tells me she doesnt want to get hurt. She also tells me she's single because she wants to be. Whut is a good comeback for that.
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.
This one made me laugh. Do it lightheartedly with a smile.Nighthawk said:"It'll only hurt a little bit."
SHE IS LETTING YOU KNOW THAT SHE DOESN NOT CONSIDER YOU relationship material... but if you chase long enough you might get to f her...progressive1 said:SHe agreed to go to the zoo wit me on a date. She even brought it up that we should hang out.