"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

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.

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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

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Has anyone read this book by Tucker Max.

It's a compilation of the recorded memoirs of Tucker Max, a former law student from Duke who spent the majority of his 20s drinking, hooking up with random chicks and basically acting like an idiot. It probably is worth reading for guys who frequent these message boards because Tucker claims to have slept with over 200 women (And I believe him).

Just finished it the other day, and I've got a couple of things I wanted to discuss.

First and foremost, I thought the book was good and funny, but I wasn't shocked very much by many of the stories. It just reminded me of the conversations me and my friends from college have when we sit around and reminisce. Don't get me wrong - the stories were hilarious, but very seldom did he talk about something I haven't experienced personally or watched one of my friends experience.

Also was trying to figure out, is Tucker a natural or did he learn how to get women to be attracted to him. It seems to me that he is more of a natural than anything, but he does talk about some relationships and other experiences that made him see the error of his ways.
 

"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.

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Greatest piece of literature...ever! Any guy worth his salt (and especially those who aren't) should read this book. If you read one book before you die...this is the one imo.

Tucker is more or less a natural from what I can tell. He makes lots of references to DJ techniques but uses none of the lingo which makes me think he came up with it/learned it all on his own.
 

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Is 200 women really a lot? I mean for a guy that's good enough to be writing a book about it. I mean hell, Wilt Chamberlain claimed 20,000.
 

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I think Tucker said he was good, (got laid in highschool) but also had huge flaws, like being very desperate for pvssy. He said he had to work really hard, practice often, and get rejected a lot.
 

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speakeasy said:
Is 200 women really a lot? I mean for a guy that's good enough to be writing a book about it. I mean hell, Wilt Chamberlain claimed 20,000.
I've heard that claim too, but do the math. If you had a different girl every single day of a year=365. 20,000/365=55years. This seems totally implossible getting at least one different girl every day for that length of time into that old of age. I serious doubt if anyone has sex 20,000 times in a lifetime, let alone with 20,000 different women. This claim seems way over-inflated. I would bet even prostitutes, porn stars and rocks stars, etc only get to the high 100's, to very low thousands mostly.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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ketostix said:
I've heard that claim too, but do the math. If you had a different girl every single day of a year=365. 20,000/365=55years. This seems totally implossible getting at least one different girl every day for that length of time into that old of age.
You are assuming he had all one-offs..What if every night was orgy night?
 

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I don't know about you guys, but when drinking is involved, hooking up is no problem. No skill involved. They just jump you.
 

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If Tucker got into Duke law, then he was a very intelligent guy.

I can also tell you, and my GFs from law school have all agreed, that law school guys are hopeless with women. Imagine combining your math, science, chess, and quiz bowl teams from high school all under the same roof. So fwiw, Tucker did well to excel as a law student.
 

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Bvbidd said:
I don't know about you guys, but when drinking is involved, hooking up is no problem. No skill involved. They just jump you.
esecially in high school. its really just like if your willing to go in for the kiss youve already won
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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if your willing to go in for the kiss youve already won

dude, I'm 31 and it still works that way :)

And there are guys here who are 50, and I bet it is still the same for them. I am learning, as I get older and have talked to more women, that most guys will just never initiate with a girl; they're too scared.
 

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goldenrocker91 said:
esecially in high school. its really just like if your willing to go in for the kiss youve already won
Well, I'm 19 so it's still like that. I kinda feel sorry for them. :down:
 

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Bvbbid said:
Well, I'm 19 so it's still like that. I kinda feel sorry for them.
I'm 19 too, and I get rejected all the time even with alcohol involved... Then again, my face isn't exactly eye candy.

It takes blood, sweat and tears for me to land a catch, even at my age.

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To the OP: the book is pretty cool, but I felt cheated after buying it... why, you ask? Because the book is just a paperback copy of his website... All the same articles, etc. I was expecting new material, but no.

All that aside; fun read.
 

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Bible_Belt said:
most guys will just never initiate with a girl; they're too scared.
It doesn't help that we can get charged for sexual harassment, or seen as a creep by all her friends, if we're wrong.
 

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Bible_Belt said:
If Tucker got into Duke law, then he was a very intelligent guy.

I can also tell you, and my GFs from law school have all agreed, that law school guys are hopeless with women. Imagine combining your math, science, chess, and quiz bowl teams from high school all under the same roof. So fwiw, Tucker did well to excel as a law student.
Yeah you're right here completely.

I read in an interview with him that he got a lot of chicks in college by heading over to Chapel Hill (UNC) and took advantage of the ratio (like 65 percent chicks, 35 percent guys). He said of those guys all of them acted like you described - nerdy and really bad with women.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

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.

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Tucker is a fan of the Game. He had it as a book review on his site at one point which is where I heard of him.

He is a natural of sorts. His book actually kind of disgusted me though.

I mean I'm a party guy and all but I guess I dont always like to tell all. I couldn't imagine writing a book about all the girls I've banged. I imagine one day he might regret this book.
 
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