The Diver
Master Don Juan
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I like this ^. A simple statement, but so straightforward and profound one.I don't Chase. I replace.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
I like this ^. A simple statement, but so straightforward and profound one.I don't Chase. I replace.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Lawyers are pros at power in conversation and situations. They advise their friends well in the cheated on situation or where your being taken advantage of.Why? She's already cheating on him. Any good lawyer knows you never allow a hostile witness a loophole to rehabilitate themselves.
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.
In every relationship, there is a power dynamic at play. You have become here a toy-thing and naturally, given a woman's instinctive desire to submit to a male, are losing attraction.Every time I withdraw she seems to come back but it just happens again I think because I go right back to my old ways, answering super quick while she takes hours at work.
When I don’t do that she’s hitting me up and accepts a date where we usually have sex.
The thing is how can I communicate that this **** can’t go on if I do want to keep her
In every relationship, there is a power dynamic at play. You have become here a toy-thing and naturally, given a woman's instinctive desire to submit to a male, are losing attraction.
Despite the political ideology that prevails today, there is a natural dynamic between the sexes that needs to be observed - you must lead.
Sounds like you want an LTR. You first have to ask whether she is LTR material.How can I regain this balance
Its an old line from pickup from a real playboy.I like this ^. A simple statement, but so straightforward and profound one.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
A real stable LTR doesn't "challenge" you. Cause that's a waste of time.Sounds like you want an LTR. You first have to ask whether she is LTR material.
Nowhere than in relationships is the saying 'easy come, easy go' more true. That's why I look for 'challenging'.
No, she just is giving birth to a Muslim baby.Is it really certain she is cheating?
Exactly. But establishing the LTR is the challenge. Once in the LTR, it should be plain sailing.... which is the whole point of an LTR on your terms..A real stable LTR doesn't "challenge" you. Cause that's a waste of time.
Yeah your right a little jostling as she tests your lead and personal integrity. But after it's in place it theoretically should be easier for both of you.Exactly. But establishing the LTR is the challenge. Once in the LTR, it should be plain sailing.... which is the whole point of an LTR on your terms..
If that is the case, you need to look for the exception to the norm. This both adds to the challenge and makes it easier - more challenging in finding the right kind of women to begin with, and less challenging as in less expenditure of wasted energy with the wrong kind of women.Yeah your right a little jostling as she tests your lead and personal integrity. But after it's in place it theoretically should be easier for both of you.
But I reality in American culture. The women feel they are entitled to dominance, even in the physical space and control. Plus entitled to get her way and "win" every situation with you.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
Well yes we'd find that in dating because she likely won't be able to help herself. She will try to power grab and man up on you. No way she could keep that act up for over 6 months. She might make 90 days though.If that is the case, you need to look for the exception to the norm. This both adds to the challenge and makes it easier - more challenging in finding the right kind of women to begin with, and less challenging as in less expenditure of wasted energy with the wrong kind of women.
was that confirmed in the thread? I didn't read the whole thing.Why? She's already cheating on him. Any good lawyer knows you never allow a hostile witness a loophole to rehabilitate themselves.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.