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.
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.
See the "Indifference" thread:Thechamp said:How do you control the frame ??
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.
Are you tipping bartenders less to get entitled females free drinks too? Getting more out of your beta bucks while pretending you aren't putting their pooseys on a pedestal?Poon King said:By following your own rules no matter what and not allowing yourself to be manipulated.
Don't have any rules? Well that's your first problem. And most men don't have any "rules" as far as what they expect from women. Usually the only rule is "give me wood and don't be a total c*nt". This isn't enough. These rock bottom standards define the beta loser... which is why he jumps through hoops for scraps like a dumb animal. He worships the female like a peasant. Then he is perplexed when she has no sexual attraction towards him. :crackup:
Shameful.
EXPECT MORE and GIVE LESS. All men need to start making this a RULE they follow 24/7.
Infern0 said:In my opinion it's self control.
You have to get to the point of having a positive, unshakable belief.
You can "reframe" anything into a positive.
If you truly belive in you self and place a high value on you self you belive that success is only a matter of time.
To have that ability to sit back, relax and to KNOW that success Is only a matter of time, your actions and body language reflect that.
Example of poor frame:
"I've fvcked up so many times, girls don't want me, waaaah "
Good frame
"I've gained a lot of valuable experience and made mistakes that taught me a lot, now I'm the man I'm supposed to be and success is inevitable"
Two different outlooks on the same thing.