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 calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
i dont eat much chocolate...its women food, real men dont eat that crap. Got some beef jerky?penkitten said:
you mean heath.joekerr31 said:
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.
So i was at Chevron this morning getting my daily Starbucks Doubleshot before heading off for school, and i wanted to try those Salsa Sunchips somebody was talking about last night in the chat while they were high saying how good they were, i dont find it...but i did discover that....THEY BOUGHT BACK FLAMIN HOT FUNYUNS!!!! YAY!!!Ken785 said:http://guacamoledoritos.ytmnd.com/
GUACAMOLE DORITOS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED!!!!
This is the same way i felt when I found out they discontinued Flamin' Hot Funyuns. Remember those?? man they were great!
do a search for "sosuave chat"MacAvoy said:
Way to go Ken, your best thread yet.Ken785 said:
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.
people go in and out all the time, but usually they miss everyone else.MacAvoy said:
Even though youre trying to be sarcastic, thanks for sounding so positive about it Mr. Positive..Mr.Positive said:Way to go Ken, your best thread yet.
Let's all learn from this, it's the simple pleasures in life that really matter. Like our favorite funyun chip.
Life really is pretty damn good.
Thanks Ken.
Actually Ken, I was being serious to some extent. We make life more difficult than it needs to be...and we tend to overlook the small things we enjoy.Ken785 said:
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.