mustfirstregister
Master Don Juan
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- Nov 19, 2009
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Just wondering.
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.
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.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
I get taxed more then 70K a year.Tesl said:No option for more than 100k?![]()
I'm in the same boat as you.(JJ) said:well... college makes me officially be about NEGATIVE 20k/year.
You do realize this is not a financial forum... there are some in here that make millions... it they ever wake up one morning with 100k in there bank accounts, they'll jump through a window.real2 said:I'd be sad too if I was earning 100k+ and still using these forums![]()
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.
Also, money =\= game. Being in this forum regardless of income is a good thing for a guy. Not knowing the rules of the game, a rich guy will be prime target of gold diggers.amoka said:You do realize this is not a financial forum... there are some in here that make millions... it they ever wake up one morning with 100k in there bank accounts, they'll jump through a window.