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.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
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.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
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.
You can meet women everywhere. If she seems friendly then just start a convo with her. Get to know her and see if she is ok. Hang out with your friend and meet some new people who can introduce you to new girls. You don't even have to try to pick them up all the time, just try to get to know her and see if she fit you.Originally posted by Double
oh okay. but where should i meet women then. i have no intentions of wasting my time with typical club girls....some girls in clubs are normal but mhhhhhhhhh. i dont have any intentions to invest time in an average girl. in a girl i think is worthy i would invest some time not much but a little.........but cant think of any girl right now so............im really pissed off now not in the AFC way but......i dont want to make anymore effort i think i will better ínvest my time somewhere else like picking up a new hobby or building a good carreer, it has just gotten too dumb for me i would rather have no girls then to make a big effort in getting one or several.....lol. i mean if i WOULD know any girl other then 2 of my exoneitis who i consider worthy but i dont know one...lol. another thing would be to take the whole player thing really serious but i dont think that this would be my thing and also it would include making a BIG effort.
I meant with lifting.
"Just hang in there, they will try to pick you up sooner or later."do you mean hang in the club or what? because you said you never go to clubs.
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.