"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
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.
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
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.
penkitten
Master Don Juan
if i were ever really sick, i would want him to be my doctor.
MacAvoy
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they are generally total *ssholes.
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
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.
Michele l'Arcangelo
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and you don't talk about the actors real life or it totally ruins the show.
monaco is 100% correct. it used to be better... but it's still awesome. when something becomes too big... it goes downhill.
but i do have season 1-3 on dvd... they're awesome.
IF i was a mod, i would SO lock this.
I love House. Just got all the seasons on DVD for my birthday.
I'm guessing since we have a new thread on it that maybe a new episode came out tonight? I gotta go find it and watch it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_(House_episode)
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
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.
penkitten
Master Don Juan
Pssst.... it's easy to find a torrent. I watched one or two episodes of this season, got hooked, but then decided to watch it from the beginning of season one. (I finished just last night.) It's better than watching it on DVR, because the commercials are edited out and it's HDTV (for someone like myself who doesn't have HDTV).Paper Man said:
Introduction of the new characters shows they have run out of ideas. They also focus less on House's pains, but they did conclude that.
Season 4, is a happier House.
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Hey genius, if nobody except you get to watch it, well then it doesn't stay on the air. GOOD JOBMichele said:
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
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.
Season 4 is a bit different I'm still trying to decide if its going down hill or not
Michele l'Arcangelo
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it's alright you're on your period.Desert Fox said:
Wired for Sound
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Yotsuya-san
Senior Don Juan
Not uncommon for Brit actors to play Americans. Sometimes you can tell because the pronunciation is exagerrated (often based on the perception that all americans drawl). Hugh Laurie was famous before House. He was the hilarious goofy nice guy Bertie Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster, a total 180 degrees from Gregory House. You might see it sometimes rerun on Masterpiece Theater.HandyAndy said:
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
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.