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'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.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
I'm starting to believe you're a flakeOriginally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
When who flakes? Did somebody flake?![]()
LOVE IT!Originally posted by Wyldfire
Invite her to meet you at the most expensive restaurant in town. Tell her you might run a few minutes late and to just get a table and wait. She's going to show up to that date because it'll be a big deal to her...expensive place and all. Then don't show up and don't answer your phone if she calls. She'll be embarassed and furious. When you do finally answer her angry phone call...give her the exact same excuse she gave you and the same attitude. She'll think twice about flaking on the next guy.
You should ONLY do this if she REALLY deserves it.Originally posted by spidersense
LOVE IT!
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 a guy asks out a girl he's only just recently met he doesn't know if she'll flake or not. I'm not usually one for revenge, but there are some women who are just oblivious to proper social graces and common courtesy. It'd do them some good to get a little dose of their own medicine.Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
But why go out with a woman that will flake out unless you take her to an expensive returant? Isn't that a hint and a half in the first place?
Actually, in the right context, this can work. If you show that you're not bothered by it, and then just don't go out of your way to call, be with her etc.Originally posted by VRsex
when a girl flakes, i usually dont really care, and i act like nothing happened, i dont even bring it up next time. is this a good way to behave afterwards or no?
thanks
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.