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 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.
So it is not the case that the guy did not care. You wake him up, he said his condolences. What else do you expect him to do late in the night?Lishy said:My good friend died on Sunday, she fell in the bath and drowned and I am so very very upset.
On Sunday after I found out I rang my boyfriend and I was crying my eyes out and he said how sorry he was and listened to me .......
He called several times and you apparently did not pick up and now you're complaining to your friends at sosuave to rebuke your boyfriend's behavior.He rang couple of times yesterday but didnt come to see me
I started to read to some of the responses and I was shocked at some of the responses in here.Lishy said:My good friend died on Sunday, she fell in the bath and drowned and I am so very very upset.
On Sunday after I found out I rang my boyfriend and I was crying my eyes out and he said how sorry he was and listened to me for a bit, then he cut in and told me he was half asleep when I rang and that he was going to go back to sleep and would call me later. He didnt!
He rang couple of times yesterday but didnt come to see me and this morning he rang me and said he would come aorund tonight, I said fine and then he said ........ wait for it ........ "But you wont be on the phone all night crying about your friend will you?" ... I then told him if he was upset I would be supporting him and he said " Ok Bye" and put the phone down!
How could he say that? If he loved me wouldnt he want to be there for me?
I cannot forgive him for this! I am so hurt I cant put it into words!
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What about having some self-respect?Lishy said:I never excpected a thing from my bf, I have all of the emotional support I need from friends and family.
Latinoman said:I started to read to some of the responses and I was shocked at some of the responses in here.
A REAL Man is there for his woman. A REAL Man provides the strenght and becomes the shoulder for his woman in a moment of dispair.
This situation is not about him. This situation is about her.
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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.
Mostly agree with you, but not everyone on the forum gave Lishy the sosuave treatment. Only a few posters did, and the only reason it turned out to be such a big deal is because some of them made one ridiculous post after another. Good to bear that in mindiqqi said:This is why I call for MODERATION of such negativity towards women on this forum.
Sheesh. This thread is a wake up call on what sosuave is teaching boys in terms of dealing with women. Look how they dealt with Lishy. Sad. I bet its like this in real life with them! They will never get anywhere this way.
No not everyone did, you are correct there. Some people gave great advice.mikeyb said:Mostly agree with you, but not everyone on the forum gave Lishy the sosuave treatment. Only a few posters did, and the only reason it turned out to be such a big deal is because some of them made one ridiculous post after another. Good to bear that in mind.
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.
I understand the way you think...Mistic said:Why is death such a big deal? Wake up call guys, you are dying right now, day by day. I had to watch my mom die from MS slowly over 15 years. It was as ugly and drawn out of a death as possible. Last week a friend died in a car crash. I'll miss him, but big deal. It's just DEATH.
iqqi said:I call for MODERATION of such negativity towards women on this forum..
Sounds like a plan but she already said she would not let me.. She thinks i am too mean..:nervous: :nervous:MacAvoy said:Maybe you should start poking her back (with your man rod)
ArtVandelay said:He's cold because he doesn't care about someone he never knew or knew well? Men aren't emotional creatures. If you want support, talk to one of your girlfriends.
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.
lol. isn't it amazing how much response she got?DAM it Who-MAN, this isn't the right forum
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.