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.
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.
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
Bah.. You know them these days. Inspired by the bible and just spit it back out. You won't get what you're looking for I'm afraid.Originally posted by tactic
Ok Lik, I believe you're accusing me of hating AFC. I was, afriad to 'fess up, a horrible AFC myself. I'm not hating, I just wanted to see what their answers were going to be. And with the answers, we help. Get it?
indeed, because nobody wants to admit that they are AFCOriginally posted by LikRetsam
Bah.. You know them these days. Inspired by the bible and just spit it back out. You won't get what you're looking for I'm afraid.
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.
Indeed it does. But can you figure out the 5 other meanings?Originally posted by CaptainMorgan
hey Lik, i dont know if this is on purpose or not but ur name spelled backwards is masterkil (you probably new that).....this brings me back to the days when i use to go by the name etabretsam on another website.
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.
The first step to self improvement is acknowledging our problems.Originally posted by Smooth as Anything
Average Frustrated Chump... no one will ever label themselves that, except in retrospect.
LOL these days, you talk as if been registered here since the depression, dang I have only been here short of a year, you you shorter than that. Sorry but that phrase reminded me of one of the old dudes that sits in front of the barber shop.Originally posted by LikRetsam
Bah.. You know them these days. Inspired by the bible and just spit it back out. You won't get what you're looking for I'm afraid.