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.
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.
Clearly he must have facked up the calculations. 3.5 BFP and you have a pretty good chance to kick the bucket doing just about anything. 5. is the bare limit for safe living and that's what he put as his max?JLW said:...Dude. If you're 180 pounds with 5% body fat at 6 feet tall you're jacked. I don't see why you need our opinion on your build since everyone knows you're in good shape.
He was probably referring to subcutaneous body fat.Clearly he must have facked up the calculations. 3.5 BFP and you have a pretty good chance to kick the bucket doing just about anything. 5. is the bare limit for safe living and that's what he put as his max?
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.
Aah. Nvm.JLay87 said:He was probably referring to subcutaneous body fat.
Russian roulette.terran2k said:create an account on POF, stick some pics on there of yourself, if you get random messages from cute girls, you're set.
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.
A - it's not skinnyRizilki said:Nothing meant by it guys. I was curious if that's skinny?
Fixed.Rizilki said:6'
176-180 lbs
High and Tight Haircut
22.5(Perfect for my w&h)
13.5%-15.0% BFP
White(slightly tan)
P.S.My sport pushes me in this direction(track and XC)