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.
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
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.
This one works.Originally posted by Swoop
"Can I use your restroom?"
so am I my friend, so am IOriginally posted by AA423
well im talking about after the date.....
So you guys are telling me that the women you date aren't intereseted enough to invite you over to have the date at their place, huh? No wonder you are looking for ways to trick her into inviting you in...Originally posted by PRMoon
so am I my friend, so am I![]()
No what I'm saying is all it takes for me to get invited into my dates home for after hours entertainment is showing up for what ever dinner/drinking/movie date we scheduled in the first place...sorry I didn't make that clearer.Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
So you guys are telling me that the women you date aren't intereseted enough to invite you over to have the date at their place, huh? No wonder you are looking for ways to trick her into inviting you in...
So wouldn't be easier to have the date in her house in the first place???!!!Originally posted by PRMoon
No what I'm saying is all it takes for me to get invited into my dates home for after hours entertainment is showing up for what ever dinner/drinking/movie date we scheduled in the first place...sorry I didn't make that clearer.
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.
No, because her parents are usually home.Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
So you guys are telling me that the women you date aren't intereseted enough to invite you over to have the date at their place, huh?
What kind of women are you dating?Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
No, because her parents are usually home.
So why do you need the invite in? Whaddaya want to do, "Meet the Parents?"Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
No, because her parents are usually home.
There are plenty clubs and bars next to the thousands of hotel rooms here for that.Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
So wouldn't be easier to have the date in her house in the first place???!!!
But I don't want to get invited in.Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
So why do you need the invite in? Whaddaya want to do, "Meet the Parents?"
What kind of Focker are you????
:crackup::crackup:
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
So what were you trying to contribute to the thread with this?Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
But I don't want to get invited in.
Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
So you guys are telling me that the women you date aren't intereseted enough to invite you over to have the date at their place, huh?
Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
No, because her parents are usually home.
Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
So what were you trying to contribute to the thread with this?
Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
So you guys are telling me that the women you date aren't intereseted enough to invite you over to have the date at their place, huh?
My mere presence is contribution enough. However, we're still questioning your mere existence.Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
I should be asking you that.