flyinshark
Senior Don Juan
There is a tradition on this forum that says that all women who wish to post here must start by posting their picture 
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
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.
I am a woman.
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"She's Out of Your League"
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.
Haha, maybe one day.Originally posted by flyinshark
There is a tradition on this forum that says that all women who wish to post here must start by posting their picture
Centaurion, I'm not going to ask help with my "problems" - I'm interested in learning a bit more about the game between men and women.
Thank-you everyone, you guys are pretty cool. I've looked around and most of the stuff you use is true. The guys that stick in my mind are the ones who use techniques like ones here. Even when you fully aware of the game, it still beats you.
penkitten
Master Don Juan
uhh i was in sunny daytona for the last 10 days .....
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
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.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
She's Baaaaaaack......
penkitten
Master Don Juan
we had a blast
penkitten
Master Don Juan
nanananana
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Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
She's Baaaaaaack......
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RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!
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Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
She's Baaaaaaack......
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RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
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.
penkitten
Master Don Juan
sheesh!
penkitten
Master Don Juan
haha ty
good to be home...
Welcome. Here is a list of some of the active female posters other than you:
- WaterTiger
- Wyldfire
- Fist_of_Fury
- penkitten
- seabreeze
- SheDevil
Feel free to PM any of them if you wanna chat with them.
By the way, nice moves Gig...Just don't go overboard yet with the :flowers:
- WaterTiger
- Wyldfire
- Fist_of_Fury
- penkitten
- seabreeze
- SheDevil
Feel free to PM any of them if you wanna chat with them.
By the way, nice moves Gig...Just don't go overboard yet with the :flowers:
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
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.
Eternal
Thank-you for making that list! Great.
Thank-you for making that list! Great.
Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
And there is no spoon....
I guess I took the easy way out.
Truth is, girls are just as insecure about it all as the guys. Doesn't matter how good looking you are, how rich, how powerful. We all experience defeat on multiple levels, and no one masters the heart.
So why come to a forum with a bunch of men?
I want to view things on the other side of the mirror. What is really going on here? Where is the game, if there is one at all? Are we just a bunch of players and sluts? How can I find what I am looking for without being totally robbed?
diplomatic_lies
Master Don Juan
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I reckon it's Pook pretending to be a woman.
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
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.