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Don Juan
mrruckus i hear you i kinda lost it after the breakup and let my emotions get the best of me, trying to stoop to her level and play those little games. rather mebarassing looking back.
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.
The average person is somewhat masochistic. Even though logically they know that there is a good chance of them getting even more bad feeling by not cutting the ties, they can't help but watch in hopes that they can get a glimpse of some carnage. Kinda like drivers who slow down to stare at a car wreck.docv said:...one thing that stumps me is why she would check up on me on AIM instead of just blocking me. shes a strange one, thats for sure.
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.
The sweetest revenge is showing them that you have moved on.docv said:francisco - thats an interesting perspective. unfortunately for her shes the one in the wreck right now and she has had a rude awakening hearing and finding out that i am A-OK and hanging with a new chic.![]()
JESUS!woods said:Anybody else here heard this one???
(chick broke my heart, for another guy, we were still living together, I was going INSANE)
Her: "can I borrow 50 bucks so I can get my birth control this month?"
I can laugh about it now, but I dont even remeber how I responded, but it wasnt pretty.
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.
Like Samuel Jackson's character in Jackie Brown said:Francisco d'Anconia said:Women are notorious for being predictable in being unpredictable in their actions; however their underlying reason for doing so remains predictable. You've been through this song and dance before so you shouldn't be surprised at why she'll do whatever she does next. Don't waste energy worrying about exactly what she will do, just be ready to understand why.
You like that one? I dont think I've ever been kicked in the balls as hard as that!!!!ThunderMaverick said:JESUS!
Good one!insomniac said:Like Samuel Jackson's character in Jackie Brown said:
"You can't trust Melanie, but you can trust Melanie to be Melanie."
Docs said:Hmmm, our usernames are alike
She ignored you to give herself validation that it's your fault. Slowly, she's going to find out that it's not your fault, that she walked out and discovered that she's in a world of hurt. Namely..she's going to try to get ahold of you somehow...
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.
DJDamage said:Thank your blessing that you were able to get out of this mess. This situation could have been much worse, some women like this one are just like blood sucking leeches, she could have hung on to you and cleaned your bank account underneath your nose and walked out of your life.
I don't even understand why you were financing her car, if she can't do it on her own then she doesn't deserve to own a car. By giving her money you end up teaching the woman that she can use you like her personal ATM machine. Lucky you didn't get married and have kids because I could see a vampire like her getting pregnant just so you will pay her child support for 20 years.
I wouldn't be surprise if this woman comes crawling back to you since it was a bad investment on her part to dump you and now she is paying for it through the nose. You got rid of a bad apple, now go and find good one's.
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.