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.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Don't worry about going out alone. I always do it(at clubs). I also go out with friends too. But when my friends are not around, I go out alone. Of course I'd rather go out with a friend, but if they're not around, I'm not going to let it stop me from going out. I can't be bothered relying on people. A lot of my friends go out alone too. Going out alone has never been an issue with picking up women for me. Look confident, look pleased, look jovial, look like you're having a good time, and don't stand away from everyone, and you'll be fine.Demystify said:I know an obvious piece of advice would be to actually talk to people and not sit alone in a corner ignoring people or staring at them. But is there any other good advice relating to this topic out there?
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.
Actually, the main place I'm trying to socialise with is at the church, and I feel the same way the OP is saying. I usually end up talking to someone at the church, but shy away from approaching and opening attractive girls.Poonani Maker said:Going to church and socializing has made me a socializer who can ham it up with everybody for an entire night. Church IS different though because people serve one another there and submit to one another whereas in a bar or a club people, especially b1tches, can be unforgiving if you don't say the right things or wear the right clothes or have a million dollars etc.