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.
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.
We're here dude,but what do you expect us to say?vagrant said:anybody?
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.
Igetit! said:We're here dude,but what do you expect us to say?
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.
Best advice i've heard on the subject in a good while.Warrior74 said:Fock those guys....as a father, life goes on after kids. Kids are great. It's their mothers that's the problem.
Does she have medical issues? On birth control? Under lots of stress?
Is she dating anyone else? Do you even suspect she might be? DNA test before you sign a birth certificate.
If you aren't going to marry her, don't pretend to. Tell her that you will be there for her and the baby. There will be some bull**** to deal with if you choose not to marry her. If she is low class she will be vindictive and use the baby as a weapon to punish you. I she's a decent girl and honest about herself, her feelings, the situation and circumstance...she may act like a halfway decent person about it all.
Good luck man. If its yours and you need advice i would suggest posting in the mature man forum on this topic.
Yeah that plastic Y shaped thing.One of my female friends is on some sort of birth control and only gets her period twice a year (from what she says). Maybe this girl is on the same or a similar thing?
Just thought of it as a possibility that hasn't been posted yet in the thread.
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.
I second thislogicallefty said:push her down the steps![]()
Condoms cut of the blood flow!Dannyrt34 said:seriously what makes everyone think having sex without a condom worth the risk
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.