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.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
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.
after your last LTR do you really want to give any female a second chance?So do you feel like giving a girl atleast two changes?
Don't you think dropping someone at first fuk up is over drastic
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.
If she shows drama and disrespect early on during the first few dates you can only be thankful and make a swift clean exit.
It's more difficult if she turns into a witch later on.
Rude and bad attitude is grounds for immediate dismisal. If she is this way in the beginning imagine how she will be when her interest plummetsIf your dating a very HOT girl and she is displaying red flags..
Rude, or bad attitude.. or maybe manipulative!
How quick are you to drop her? How many chances before you think b@tch has to go?
What if she does not respond maturely?? Instead negatively or defensive of her behaviorLet her know that she is being disrespectful but be polite about it, don't attack her. Make sure that you know your boundaries and allow a girl to play games with you. Examine why she is being this way, could it be something that offended her that you might have said or done. Or is she just spoiled. If you like her be patient, give her some room to make some minor mistakes, if she responds maturely, forgive.
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
depends on their **** ups relative to their upsides.So do you feel like giving a girl atleast two changes?
Don't you think dropping someone at first fuk up is over drastic
Exactly what I do. I'll simply bring up the behavior I don't agree with twice at most. If it continues I simply give them enough rope to hang themselves with and drop them. As in no talking, no investing any further at all. No text, email, calls nothing. Leave, learn and grow in a positive direction from the situation. One time I tried to ignore my own advice simply to test myself that I wasn't the issue in dismissing people too quickly that I knew were exhibiting toxic traits. Proved myself correct and finally dropped the last one and kept it moving.after your last LTR do you really want to give any female a second chance?
Here's the thing...if a person is being an a$$ and treating you poorly, the ONLY way I would ever consider giving them a second chance is if I communicated to them "I wont put up with being treated that way" and they didn't try to defend or dismiss my communication. If they seem to understand what I am saying and where I am coming from, and are agreeable, then okay, let's try again.
If you say nothing about how you feel disrespected, the behavior WILL occur again - if only because you appeared to have put up with it before, so there's 'nothing wrong' as far as the other person knows.
This is why it is very important for all you DJ's looking for females to eventually LTR (plates or exclusive) to learn to speak to the females you are seeing. practice telling them what your needs, are and watch how they take the information. The submissive and respectful female is going to listen, understand and respond positively. Any other reaction from a female means you shouldn't waste real space on the chick. At the very least you get to practice your communication skills, and become less afraid at communicating on that level.
Basic rules of assertive behavior.What if she does not respond maturely?? Instead negatively or defensive of her behavior
Yes, in the first 3 months, you have one foot out the door. After that, you hold on to her hand as if she is dangling from the Empire State Building.Very fast in the first three months, then progressively slower. Very hard to do after a year or so.
Cut her some slack if she does things right after making a mistake. Reward good behavior and ignore bad behavior.What if she does not respond maturely?? Instead negatively or defensive of her behavior
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.