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.
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.
This, my dear students, is the textbook definition of a Damaged Goods woman. Please continue to examine her behavior and make sure to take good notes.kimberleah said:Since all men are selfish, then no man in this world deserves me long term.
You aren't really a man hater, as most here aren't really women hater. You just hate the dysfunctional nature of female-male relations that you have been brainwashed by mainstream media and sandra bulock movies to believe.But I will admit I am a man hater and thats a good reason why I am sure I will never commit- I have no hope for the vast majority of you.
If what we talk about here is exactly what you have been telling others, and they say you are crazy... ... consider your self lucky that you are way smarter than they are.Experienced it daily and everyone told me I overanalyze...then discover this forum and literally- you all write exactly what others tell me Im crazy to think
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.
I'm shocked that it took this long for someone to post this statement lol.vatoloco said:This, my dear students, is the textbook definition of a Damaged Goods woman. Please continue to examine her behavior and make sure to take good notes.
Also, DNFTT.
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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.
Is that so?kimberleah said:As someone with an education of evolutionary biology and psychology...
I'm pretty sure that animals have "brain cells." In fact, even insects have neurons and glial cells. Believe it or not, much of what we know about human brains comes from studying animal brains!Guess what? There are these things called brain cells that humans have that animals dont. Where you think beyond your evolutionary tendencies- its very hard for some of you so I sympathize- but try it.
how do we know if this isn't gspshields2 himself ?Her boyfriend is Gspshields2. I guess his "Ferrari Game" worked.
Heh, heh.jhl said:I'm shocked that it took this long for someone to post this statement lol.
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.
True pretty much.disgustipated said:".how about women just sucuumb to their nature and only date men with resources? This would result in 20% of the malepopulation getting sexwith tonsof partnersand theother80% of you rarely getting it and scrambling to be rich or famous to get the power to get sex. "
Umm, this is how it is right now....as we speak.
I was kind of thinking the same thing. There's no need to respond to this woman as Life itself will take care of her attitude bringing her one day to her knees crying wondering how bad things could happen to her. We'll see how wonderful and independent she is then.Burroughs said:See what happened in NYC yesterday....when infrastructure breaks down on a permanent basis.
....womyn like the OP cvnt will be raped mercilessly until they submit to male authority or be left to drown.
as it was for centuries....
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.