TheGambino
Master Don Juan
How do You Guys make girls feel special without putting them on a pedestal or being approving/needy?
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.
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.
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. That absolutely is the best way to make a girl feel special. Doesn't have to be some expensive dinner. Little personalized stuff like that girls will remember.Part of it is listening to your woman. Sex doesn't make a woman feel special because you can do that to anyone. For me, it is all about listening. They want to know that you listen to their nonsense. For example, my lady drew a picture and I noticed that she drew pretty good. She mentioned that she was used to sketch all the time and she really enjoys drawing. So about a month later I got a sketch pad and some pencils on amazon for 15 bucks and gave it to her. She was nearly in tears and very happy. First thing she said, "you remember that?"
It was a small gesture that required very little effort on my part, but shows that I listen on occasion.