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.
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.
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.
*high five*Originally posted by manicmaximum
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Q. what's the alpha way to take a dump?
A. take up as much space as possible, eyes fixed at lump of crap. in a loud projecting voice grunt to show that dookie who's the boss
err this thread was a joke and you people took it serious, shows the degree of pathetic questions, by the way that is a clever thinking idea, real simple but very different and funny standing facing towards them, when i read that i actually laughed it was goodOriginally posted by felony
There are certain rules to abide by in elevators. Because there are rules, we as Djs etc, usually break them or bend them to our advantage. The rule of form in elevators is to stand facing the door, and because everyone is in everyone elses personal space most people will look up at the dial displaying the floor level or the buttons next to the door.
Wanna be alpha- then try walking into an elevator and facing everyone, works best if you are one of the last in so your back is to the door, and then look around at everyone, get some EC, try not to be too intimidating and perhaps strike up a 'general' harmless convo about something related to everyone... or at least most people, so in your case maybe something about classes or lecturers, perhaps look at a particular hottie when you pull this off. Then if you get a response, bang, ur in and u take it from there.
See what works, it may only work 1/8 times. But if u do 8 trips a day, then u might have a new girl for lunch each day of the week.
Let us know what happens.
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.
manicmaximum is my new alpha role model because he can crack funny jokesOriginally posted by manicmaximum
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Q. what's the alpha way to take a dump?
A. take up as much space as possible, eyes fixed at lump of crap. in a loud projecting voice grunt to show that dookie who's the boss
i don't think you meant it as a joke beforehandOriginally posted by Agressor
err this thread was a joke and you people took it serious, shows the degree of pathetic questions, by the way that is a clever thinking idea, real simple but very different and funny standing facing towards them, when i read that i actually laughed it was good
I'll have to remember that the next time I take a dump in front of a woman. lolOriginally posted by manicmaximum
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Q. what's the alpha way to take a dump?
A. take up as much space as possible, eyes fixed at lump of crap. in a loud projecting voice grunt to show that dookie who's the boss
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.
Originally posted by rgeere
People who have to post questions containing the word 'alpha' don't deserve an answer because the question is problematic in itself.
The answer lies in the question itself. For example, only an insecure weiner would even worry and ask questions about what it means to be alpha, and the obvious answer would be to stop being an insecure weiner, meaning that asking questions like "how do I 'alpha' this or that" make you look like an insecure weiner. So, stop looking like an insecure weiner and the problem will fix itself.
Thanks, not like we don't have enough work trying to clear out the crap threads without you making them on purpose. There's a word for what happens to trolls around here...Originally posted by Agressor
err this thread was a joke and you people took it serious