Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
He sounds like a provider.
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.
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.
No, but, in the case of it happening in the first few dates, if you do accept her money, she could think you're not quite a gentleman, inviting her out and then taking her money.but then she took out a $5 and wanted to pay for her half. Now he said I screwed up because she'll think of me as "cheap"
She doesn't have to offer to split the bill when you take her out, BUT you do want to see her treat you to things every now and then too.I was concerned that if I did pay for everything, I didn't want her to think that that's all I will do
Groan. Are we not men? Or are we pond scum? I so dislike this thinking of how we are on a lower level. We're NOT!He also said that Women are above us and they will bring themselves down to our level
Have your friend explain why it is then that women are attracted to jerks.So for us thinking highly/****y of ourselves and "un-interested" will only make her move to any other guy she chooses to be.
Your friend thinks linearly. Life isn't linear.Right, so while you only talk on the phone for 10 minutes, she'll talk to another guy longer, get to know him better and when you call the next day she'll blow you off because she already got to know another guy
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
Providers may eventually get f***** but only after they give enough. Sometimes its a fasttrack to marriage. :nervous:Stéphane said:Do you want to be the provider or the guy that gets f**** every night.
Stéphane said:Men, are smarter, stronger, and quicker. Like lost said we're superior to them.