You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
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.
dreamx said:VegasGuy56 SHUT THE F*CK UP!! I have arleady said what I need to say about you,in the last post,you know what I also think your gay,you probaly image me as a attrative guy,thats why you keep harrassing me.Dude thats not cool,I don't like gay people,so sorry i'm not a faggot liek you,but theres a gay forum,you can go there,they guys there are like you,they like little kids ****s like yours.STOP POSTING ON MY F*CKEN THREADS AND STOP SENDING ME MESSAGES,JUST LEAVE ME ALONE,FROM THESE DAY I WILL IGNORE YOU,I HOPE YOU GET BANNED,YOUR LOSER!!!!
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.
The Master Disaster said:Humor
If you want to be funny like me. It's not possible.
If you want to be almost as funny as me. Say whatever comes to your mind. Don't think about it. Trust me.
dreamx said:thats a good tip the master disaster so as soon as I think of something funny I should say it out loud,I'm gonna need to try that,people say I walk funny,lol but I can use that to my advantage![]()
dreamx said:thats a good tip the master disaster so as soon as I think of something funny I should say it out loud,I'm gonna need to try that,people say I walk funny,lol but I can use that to my advantage![]()
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.
lol@ shydude, you know what guys I got an idea Im gonna post some jokes that I make up,right now im thinking of jokes tell me if its funny or not.Ok heres a couple of jokes,that one day I can try:shydude said:OK whatever, I like pizza becouse its cheezy, are u cheezy?? Is this funny??
dreamx said:lol@ shydude, you know what guys I got an idea Im gonna post some jokes that I make up,right now im thinking of jokes tell me if its funny or not.Ok heres a couple of jokes,that one day I can try:
You got big ears,are you a rabbit,lol
You look like Luke Skywalker, are you his brother you both are warriors.
Well those are the only ones I can think of right now,im really working on trying to have a sense of humor,but these forum is helping me out.
me to VegasGuy56:kick: lol
Ok, Dude the one thing that really pisses me off.dreamx said:Just because I type not very good,I will get banned for that?Dude thats not right,thats like saying if I look a certain way I will be banned,thats prejduce these is the way I type,I can't help it if I could, I would change it but for now dude you will have to deal with it,and I can report you to the moderator for your last posts its harrasing me.
dreamx said:VegasGuy56 SHUT THE F*CK UP!! I have arleady said what I need to say about you,in the last post,you know what I also think your gay,you probaly image me as a attrative guy,thats why you keep harrassing me.Dude thats not cool,I don't like gay people,so sorry i'm not a faggot liek you,but theres a gay forum,you can go there,they guys there are like you,they like little kids ****s like yours.STOP POSTING ON MY F*CKEN THREADS AND STOP SENDING ME MESSAGES,JUST LEAVE ME ALONE,FROM THESE DAY I WILL IGNORE YOU,I HOPE YOU GET BANNED,YOUR LOSER!!!!
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.
I love pictures. Send me a hyperlink over Internet (I love not using the. I'm a rebel.).VegasGuy56 said:Anyway, i saw your pic in one of the threads recently, and you look like a psycho serial killer wannabe/clown/transvestite.
ok grammar is not a verb. LEARN!dreamx said:Im sorry its annoying you but i'm used to typing and writing "these" rather then "this",Its the way I am,and I can't help it.And these topic is not about how I type,spell,grammar,so lets all stick to the topic.
Dude,what kinda deal is that, you can go ahead and make a thread like that.But look im used to people hating me in real life,and on the internet, my last forum everyone hated me,it was on mackclub(if any of you guys heard it) but I can't force you guys to like and im not gonna change for anyone,I mean sure I want to be liked on these forum and in real life,but im starting to relize I can't change my personality these is the way I am.And another one of my friends on these thread Viper told me about how you guys hate him,but he says ooh well.And you know what about I make a thread if people here thimk your a loser or annoying.If the majority say your a loser,then I won't post for three days.But if the majority say your annoying then you should never post on these thread ever again.Thats better deal,but seriously VegasGuy56 leave me alone and go find some other memeber on these forum to bother or simply get your ass of the computer.VegasGuy56 said:LMAO! Thanks, I literally laughed out loud. I don’t' think I've laughed that hard in a long time.
First of all, I'm not gay, though I'm always positive you are. I've been talking to some of the other guys from this site (Who will remain un-named) and we all honestly thought you were a troll who was pretending to be this pathetic.
Oh no, you called me a loser again. I'm going to go cry now.
Anyway, i saw your pic in one of the threads recently, and you look like a psycho serial killer wannabe/clown/transvestite.
How about this DreamX? I'll make a deal with you. I'll make a poll to see how many people like you and how many people think you should shove a pole up your ass. If the majority like you, then I'll leave you alone and stop bothering you. If the majority think you should go **** yourself, then you never post on this forum again. Deal?
Dude listen carefully how can I get alone with people,when you guys all hate me,so ofcourse you gonna expect bad stuff for me to happen,I mean like these forum,even though Im hated but you guys over stressed stuff.I hope the mods will understand that its not easy being hated in the internet and real life.Mctwist4 said:You have refused to cooperate. This topic will no longer exist when the mod deletes it. If you can't get along with people on an internet forum, how do you expect to get along with them in real life. With that attitude you are going to go no where.
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.