PrinceBeavis
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She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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.
Bible_Belt said:You only want her so badly because you can't have her.
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.
As soon as you think "I don't want get hurt", you are entering into AFC terrority. You have to live your life as best you can and as full as possible and she can come along for the ride if she wishes. If you don't live your life as full as and as best as possible and be happy with who you are and come to terms with yourself, you will start supplicating and become an AFC.Bigtrucker2008 said:My reason for this is that I don't want to get hurt for letting her have my heart. I was hurt long ago, and it made me into a "player". I've gotten with all kinds of various chicks(some at the same time) and they meant nothing to me but another notch in my belt. But now, I don't know what to do, cuz I really like her and she likes me, but I don't want to get hurt.
Bigtrucker2008 said:Ok, this girl and I both really like each other. We don't call ourselves officially "boyfriend and girlfriend", but we do things that couples do (except have sex, which is awkward for me because normally I don't get in situations like this).