Dhoulmagus
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They'll screw you over with a smile on their face and happily hop on the next victim like nothing happened.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Fat women have low value, women will turn down any guy.skinnyguy said:Don't be a hypocrite. If a fat girl approached you, you'd reject her with no remorse.
If you're butthurt about women turning you down, try men.
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.
I think he's talking more about getting screwed over and used rather than initial rejection.skinnyguy said:Don't be a hypocrite. If a fat girl approached you, you'd reject her with no remorse.
If you're butthurt about women turning you down, try men.
Spot on.VladPatton said:Because when it comes to men that do not make their taco tingle, they have zero remorse or care. Make their taco drip and it's a whole different story. Money, job, status, all go out the window. You can't think about this too much or you'll get depressed. Jut remove these bıtches from your life.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
skinnyguy said:Don't be a hypocrite. If a fat girl approached you, you'd reject her with no remorse.
If you're butthurt about women turning you down, try men.[/QUOTE]
in the words of heath ledgers Joker- "very poor choice of words"
Not sure what you mean there...bigneil said:Sometimes if you can just find a common event you get your foot in the door. Any excuse to get her number. Ask her to get you some weed if you have to.
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.
Thank you for not commiserating.mrRuckus said:This realization isn't bad. It is freeing.
I agree. Men or women it doesn't matter, if you let someone step on your head it's your fault.the same way male sociopaths are able to sleep despite their lifestyle of screwing people over. People are ****ty, not just women. Lets not loose sight of this.
Take body image. There has been many a day where I felt like the male equivalent of a wallflower- the dowdy one. I felt like I wasn't attractive to *anyone* and whether physical attractiveness would factor into why a girl/her clique would favour another guy over you or not socially, I'd get treated like shvt anyway. The only slither of help I could get on getting a grip on life and social interactions, and how I saw women and realize my true potential (if any), was from my psychiatric advisor, who happened to be a man.PairPlusRoyalFlush said:When it comes to the sexual marketplace they are utterly amoral(about consequences) if not immoral(enjoy committing evil). I believe it is partially due to the biological fact that women are physically weaker and therefore it is hard for them to sympathize or empathize with men.
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.