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.
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.
The best way, is to have stuff to do. Get to it!Many people here on have suggested to withdraw attention when a woman disrespects them. I get the theory of this but how that look in practice?
The very easiest way is to divert your time. Use your time with another woman, or an activity that you are passionate about or something you need to get done. You literally fill her void with something else, and leave it filled.Many people here on have suggested to withdraw attention when a woman disrespects them. I get the theory of this but how that look in practice?
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
But also within "self respect" you really shouldn't want to get attention from someone being disrespectful or communicate with them. So your next actions should reflect that you value yourself.I look at “withdrawing attention” and “ghosting” as two different things. To me, withdrawal of attention is more tactical and situational, while ghosting is more of a strategic move with someone whom you have some kind of relationship established
Say you’re at a party and you’re talking to a woman and she says something disrespectful. Turn your attention to someone else, and ideally turn your back to her. Don’t do it in an angry, reactive way, but rather do it to convey that you are disappointed or disgusted with her behavior and have absolutely no interest in her.
Should we go "Back and forth" doing this, for a lady who keeps disrespecting us?If you initiate texting......initiate 20% less
If you phone.....phone 20% less
If she calls, answer 20% less often.
If you date, be available to date 20% less often
You get the idea. Adjust percentages to suit you. The point is "If you disrespect me, you will get/see less of me"
Cease contact with her. Women get their validation from texts, calls, dates, and gifts. General rule of thumb she should be contacting you twice as often as you contact her.Many people here on have suggested to withdraw attention when a woman disrespects them. I get the theory of this but how that look in practice?
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
I thought it was the "2/3rd golden ratio"? So she could contact you 3 times to your twice. It indicates sufficient interest on her end.Cease contact with her. Women get their validation from texts, calls, dates, and gifts. General rule of thumb she should be contacting you twice as often as you contact her.
I’d say as long as she is reaching out more than vice versa you’re in good shape.I thought it was the "2/3rd golden ratio"? So she could contact you 3 times to your twice. It indicates sufficient interest on her end.
That ratio is general advice for normal communication, to subconsciously be seen as higher value and to keep the correct healthy intersexual power dynamic.I thought it was the "2/3rd golden ratio"? So she could contact you 3 times to your twice. It indicates sufficient interest on her end.
Basically this but maybe not that calculated.If you initiate texting......initiate 20% less
If you phone.....phone 20% less
If she calls, answer 20% less often.
If you date, be available to date 20% less often
You get the idea. Adjust percentages to suit you. The point is "If you disrespect me, you will get/see less of me"
I knew it was an example.Of course. I assumed everyone would get that when I said "adjust percentages to suit you" Maybe this is the 3rd time she has disrespected you and you have done nothing at all to correct her. . In that case, you may want to disappear and not respond t
o anything for two days.
The bottom line is "since you don't seem to appreciate my presence, I am withdrawing it". You don't SAY this, you SHOW it.
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Maybe it was hurting you or setting you back... So you take care of yourself.Its not only to "withdraw attention" but to withdraw any investment wheter its time, attention or money toward that girl.
The best way to withdraw resources from a woman is to decrease the investment, which means no dates outside your surrounding (no driving) or no planned dates but only casual dating in that same moment.
Ghosting is not a strategy, ghosting is what you do when you decided that someone has to be cut out of your life and the simple fact that you are considering it means that there are good reasons to do so.