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.
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.
You dont. If shes not your girlfriend...dont even bring it up.Kbish828 said:I've been dating this girl for about 2 months now. It is going well, however we are definitely not bf/gf. So with valentines approaching, how do I handle it?
Actually a pretty good ideasamspade said:Bag of Skittles.
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.
Why would you pass up an opportunity to keep it going well? Nothing wrong with a bit of romance with a girl you've already invested some time in.Kbish828 said:I've been dating this girl for about 2 months now. It is going well, however we are definitely not bf/gf. So with valentines approaching, how do I handle it?
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
TheException said:You dont. If shes not your girlfriend...dont even bring it up.
El Payaso said:What Exception said. Don't even text her and if she does, just respond normally like you usually do. No awkward greetings or cards or gifts.
i agree, take her out, have a good time. fvck what these other dudes say, half of them dont get laid anyway.rascal99v said:Lame and even more Lame.
You're dating her right? Why would you not take her out? This could be your potential girlfriend right here. Dude, go out with her and set something up. Nothing too fancy, but have a night out with her. Avoiding the whole day would be stupid.
Some of this phony "alpha mentality" is going a little bit too far :yes:
As long as you're not that guy that goes out and buys her expensive jewelry and pays for an expensive ass meal.Kbish828 said:I've been dating this girl for about 2 months now. It is going well, however we are definitely not bf/gf. So with valentines approaching, how do I handle it?
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.