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.
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.
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup:comic_relief said:GRRRR!!! I hate how my roommate refuses to move out until next week because he is too damn lazy to move his new roommates sh!t in until the weekend, which means that I can't move out tonight. GRRRR!!!
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and now the @$$hole that I am changing rooms with is thinking about backing out because I misunderstood what my roommate meant about "seeing the GA and signing papers."Francisco d'Anconia said::crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
Gotta love it when you're trying to function in a sea of immaturity... People think that it's more difficult to stand on your own, I'd prefer that to leaning on someone who doesn't have their act together. Comic, you're going to tell stories about this experience...![]()
Oh, it doesn't stop with college age people either. You'll see first hand that age has nothing to do with maturity. Look at yourself, there are guys almost twice your age who would rather live at home. Hell, I'm meeting women my age who live with a room mate!!! WTF??!!! They come to my place and say "Oh, I like this...." I tell them that I'll send them a picture.... Maturity isn't for the faint of heart....comic_relief said:..I hate IMMATURITY among college age people. It's like I am back in high school with a mentally retarded troll that lives five doors down...
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.
I wish that maturity was something to teach in school. I suppose that it was like how to get rich or how to become smart.Francisco d'Anconia said:Oh, it doesn't stop with college age people either. You'll see first hand that age has nothing to do with maturity. Look at yourself, there are guys almost twice your age who would rather live at home. Hell, I'm meeting women my age who live with a room mate!!! WTF??!!! They come to my place and say "Oh, I like this...." I tell them that I'll send them a picture.... Maturity isn't for the faint of heart....
Welcome to the "Real World." Remember to keep your head down and watch out for monkeys flinging feces.comic_relief said:...It seems like I have to deal with a lot of friggen problems because of these immature idiots. Although apparently I am the idiot that is a pompous @$$ because I am confident in myself...