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.
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.
overall...not really a good idea. Put yourself in his shoes, I felt pretty guilty about it too and wouldn't go there again. Love triangles are lame.pyros said:Just wondering how you handle this type of situation where you bang regularly a girl that has a bf.
How did you start it...? first dates etc? she approached me in a parking lot and complimented my truck
how did you manage to bang her? Hung out a few times at her place, one thing lead to another...I'm all up in there with no resistance on her part. Almost too easy.
How long did it last? About a month until the guilt became too much for her. He was a good guy I guess, but long distance
Tips? If she's gonna cheat, she's gonna cheat. Don't be pushy
dos? Don't ask about the guy. If she brings him up, deflect.
donts?I'd steer clear if he's local. If he's military and away just dont do it...its unpatriotic and very low
I love the stories where the guy who is banging her "wins her" and she does the same thing to him. It's pretty common.Infern0 said:I've done it twice in the past and both times karma bit me on the ass
It was back in my AFC days so I quickly went from just enjoying the sex to thinking I could have relationships with these girls with predictable results. They did end up leaving their boyfriends but not to be with me...
These days I don't bother with devious girls and why screw a brother over, sure they will cheat with someone but I don't want to be a part of it.
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.
Bigneil is usually the BF or the SugarDaddy. And when you are SugarDaddy, they will have BF's in their peer circle.bigneil said:Yes. After 3 months I sat her on my lap at my laptop and browsed Google. I first found her Twitter comments where she said "I love Mark". I then went to her FB and searched her friends for Mark. Of the 3 one was "In a relationship" with (her), his profile photo showing them kissing. The look on her face was priceless. She tried to pan it off as my being a computer expert. Sorry.
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.
Word.old_skoolr said:I think this song perfectly explains my opinion on the subject matter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFTBG1sae0M