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.
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.
But that's the thing man, when you don't wack you, you actually require LESS sleep. So if you are stressin at how late you are up, don't worry about it. Your body isn't tired because it isn't drained of it's energy through orgasming. You have more energy. Your body will be just as refreshed in the morning.Originally posted by R3N3GAD3
Gave in at Day One, because, I COULDN'T GET TO SLEEP! I TRIED EVERYTHING!
So, starting fresh on a Monday. Just need to get to Day 3, and I'll be good.
No, I couldn't get to sleep because I was hard and it wouldn't go down. HahaOriginally posted by Jvesti
But that's the thing man, when you don't wake you, you actually require LESS sleep. So if you are stressin at how late you are up, don't worry about it. Your body will be just as refreshed in the morning.
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.
Your saying that's never happened to you?Originally posted by Porky
Haha.
That's sorta pathetic, Ren![]()
Yea I know but I was sick and needed my sleep and that was the only way at 2am in the morningOriginally posted by Jvesti
What I mean't to say was this:
But that's the thing man, when you don't wack you, you actually require LESS sleep. So if you are stressin at how late you are up, don't worry about it. Your body isn't tired because it isn't drained of it's energy through orgasming. You have more energy. Your body will be just as refreshed in the morning.
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.
That would be a solution.Originally posted by Porky
If you're sleeping naked, don't.
porn is utterly useless, i suggest you delete all of it.Originally posted by Big Pimpin'
Is it ok to look at porn just so you can get a nice boner but not jack off?
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.
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.