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.
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.
Effort thanks for the kind words man. Its actually not that bad if you want it bad. The three hardest parts to my opinion are :EFFORT said:wow 18 years old and being able to follow a diet like that is impressive keep up the good work
frenchbeauty said:Effort thanks for the kind words man. Its actually not that bad if you want it bad. The three hardest parts to my opinion are :
1. getting started
2. eating tuna and mayo before bed time
3. seeing guys whose diet suck and who dont work legs gaining crazy amounts of weight with roids. Trust me theres more than a few at my gym.![]()
Btw effort hows your training going ?
Dmatter trying to keep up to me is gonna get hard budGames on !
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.
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.
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
yeah if you can get a hamburger or some steak in that would help after your workout. Chicken is pretty light in the calories which is why it doesn't make the best postworkout meal.frenchbeauty said:Todays workout:
Squats 1*5 @ 215lbs 1*5 @ 225lbs yeaaa buddy ! Two plates today. I had to take a break after my third rep though for a few seconds.
Leg Press 2*15 @ 300lbs. Its an horizontal leg press machine. I like the vertical one better but theres none at my gym..
Pullthroughs 2*10 @ 105lbs.
Diet 8am - shake ( 4 eggs 50 cl milk 2 scoops whey )
11am - chicken rice veggies
2am - same shake
5pm - post workout shake
6pm - post wo meal chicken rice veggies
9pm - shake + olive oil
11pm - tuna + olive oil
Im getting kinda worried about not having enough red meat to eat. Is it alright though.
Cheers,
FB
I agree, you're on the right track and much more consistent than most guys your age. Keep it up!I-tallionStallion said:Everything is looking good, keep it up frenchy.
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.