She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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.
What type of disadvantages? Right now, it's helping me to disregard them and work on my own stuff and they don't seem that special anymorecorner boy said:Start to spin plates or in other terms: diversify. It's only natural that you pedestalize a thing of you only have it once.
Another way would be starting disregard women, however I wouldn't counsel you this, since it comes with some disadvantages.
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.
you cannot appreciate, what you disregard. Banging a woman won't have anymore a value to you. It won't give you any acknowledgementteddy said:What type of disadvantages? Right now, it's helping me to disregard them and work on my own stuff and they don't seem that special anymore
Yum yum yum...Mauser96 said:Walk into the washroom after one of them has left, after having a big, dirty crap. This will be hard to do, because they will hold it in until constipation sets in to avoid doing this in a shared washroom setting. But ocassionally, they have no choice.
This will make you realize they are only human, and that their poo stinks too.
NOTHING changes your mind about all that makeup, dye, perfume, sexy clothing, etc, quicker than a whiff of the insides of their bowels will.
I am serious here.
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Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Winna Winna Chicken DinnnnaSgtSplacker said:It's all about self worth man. When you have something going for yourself, your standards are higher and you don't see so much value in just a pretty face.
Put in your time at school and the gym, have a real salary, some assets. And watch how that little girl is just one of many that have to prove to YOU that she is the right choice.
It's not about looking at women differently, it's about considering yourself differently.
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup:DragonBlood said:When she asks you to her place and in the excitement of it all she forgets to flush. True story lol. Girls are people of flesh and bone.
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.