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.
There's a med school HB that asked me that at a second meeting, just before I got her digits.She's an intern at a local hospital. I passed by her desk after having chatted her up on a previous check up visit.Context?
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.
This is definitely a bad kind of reply. By mentioning her as a princess, you're giving up your own power at the same time. The game is over for her. I'm not sure if her IL really went up since she was mentioning another guy. To me, this is a red flag. If she ever mention something or someone, she's definitely interested in them. I recommend you to read Desdinova thread about High Score Theory http://www.sosuave.net/forum/index.php?threads/high-score-theory.229343/. you're going to compete with her high score list. It was obvious that she was telling you about one possible guy which is in her top high score list.... another HB who was clearly into me (I had known for a few days) who texted me a "What are you trying to do?" following a flirty text exchange, to which I replied."Just trying to find myself a princess".Too corny? Maybe. Her IL went up after that exchange although, her immediate reply was. " What if the princess already has a prince?". But that's another story.
Just curious to know what you think is the best answer(s).