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.
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.
this is very true. a friend of mine who goes to a nearby all-girls school told me that girls from her school hang around our university's library...they pretend to study and are there for the sole purpose of meeting guys. i've known this for a while, but i never really tried doing pickups in the library...Originally posted by tweeder 4. YOU DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE REALLY IN THE ACTIVITY CENTER TO STUDY DID YOU? How many times did you go through a center of some sort, and see a girl at a table by herself reading? Too many to count I'd guess. Don't let this fool you. They're waiting for you. They just need to look busy so they don't come off as pathetic. Are some girls really studying? Of course, but not a lot of them. So how do you tell the difference? Her eyes do all the talking you need.
If a girl is wanting a guy to approach, she'll look up every couple of minutes to see who's around. If she's really studying she won't be doing this. She'll be concentrating too much. So if you see a girl, stay in her line of site for a minute. If she looks up, lock eyes and smile. You might catch her off guard and she'll look back down without smiling. Don't worry. Hang around. IF she's interested she'll check you out again. When she does just go to her table and ask if you can join her. Tell her you're waiting for you're next class or whatever. Then go from there. It's easy I promise.
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.
If you're a newblar on campus, just walk up to the hottest chick you can find and ask where your class is, even if you already know (read that in a NYTimes article, heh). I'm going to Paris this term, wtf do you think the first thing I'm gonna do is? Damn rightOriginally posted by The_Mole
awesome post. i'm going to start college in 2 weeks and this is just what i needed to read. i tried saying hi to girls on campus during orientation but they were walking so fast, i couldnt even say anything yet. i did pick up some in the classes though. whats the best phrase for a campus pick-up?(not in class or in the dorms because that is easy)
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.
Yeah CCs suck, thats why I studied to make it into a UC far away from home :rockon:Willis said:i guess im the only 1 here not hyped, even though theres gonna be chicks what makes me think that they want me.
and another thing theres still other things ivolved like studying 4real, test, homework and all that other stuff and i dont think that i'll make it with any girls since its jus a lame-a$$ community college and nobody talks to me anyway
and also i went to orientation and i could tell nobody really wanted to talk 2 me they didnt even look at me especially the hot girls, so i guess its gonna be jus like high school all over again
but hey, thats life
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.
Most confusing sentence I have ever read on sosuave.nethabdragon08 said:When you first meet a girl, shake her and when she tells you her name, and when you must part.
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.