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.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
Die Hard said:Thanx for the support and advice, typical and zekko!
EDIT: Hanging on the phone with her right now. If you're interested, I'll give you guys an update later tonight or tomorrow.
Hey Zekko - surely you wouldn't agree that the opposite of 'msytery', i,e blabbering your whole life story to a chick, is the way to go?zekko said:I've always thought the whole idea of retaining mystery is complete and utter BS. Yeah, if you're looking for a quick one night stand, then it's better to let her fill in the lines with her own imagination. That way she can pretend you're whatever fantasy she wants you to be. But if you see the girl as a potential LTR, then you're going to get to know each other anyway. You can't keep what you do for a living or whether or not you have pets from her forever.
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I'm not sure why anyone would want to do that.Zunder said:Hey Zekko - surely you wouldn't agree that the opposite of 'msytery', i,e blabbering your whole life story to a chick, is the way to go?
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.
Agreed. But if you have enough control over the conversation you can steer it away from those questions even being asked in the first place.zekko said:I'm not sure why anyone would want to do that.
But I think the pickup idea of never answering a girl's questions - always give an evasive C&F remark instead - is just asinine.
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.
And doesn't even want her to know where he lives. I'm confused.Sue Madre said:You are raving about how much you like this girl so why are you looking for excuses NOT to bring her to your place?
I'm having trouble at that. She's rapidly invading my life and my heart, which is actually connected... Allowing her to come over to my place = allowing her deeper into my life = allowing her deeper into my heart. Perhaps I'm weird, perhaps I have issues, I don't care! This is the way it works for me, period.Slickster said:Nothing wrong with getting excited about a cool chick. Consider yourself lucky for finding someone you click with. Those emotions you are feeling are great as long as you are aware and keep yourself in check.
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.
I was going to say that.iqqi said:The only real red flag here is coming from you: what the F is up with your living situation? I've never met a mature, grown man above the age of 24 who had an issue with bringing home a chick.
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.