BackInTheGame78
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The worst lies we tell are the ones we tell ourselves.You are condescending.
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.
The worst lies we tell are the ones we tell ourselves.You are condescending.
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.
What lies are you telling yourself?The worst lies we tell are the ones we tell ourselves.
That you actually are on this forum to be helpedWhat lies are you telling yourself?
Damn, this is too good of a burn to be ignored. I tip my hat to you sir.That you actually are on this forum to be helped
Wasn't meant as a burn, just an honest answer to his question.Damn, this is too good of a burn to be ignored. I tip my hat to you sir.
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.
In that Seinfeld episode, George asks Elaine to switch with her, and she doesn't want the male masseuse either. Ironically, if I remember the episode correctly, they go to the masseuse because they convince a dentist to write them a prescription for one, so that their insurance picks up the cost.I know women that wouldn't take a male masseuse or pedicure guy.
It looks like everyone else thinks it is. You are trying to put me into some sort of caricature so people can make fun of me.Wasn't meant as a burn, just an honest answer to his question.
When I did pedicures in the past, I only have got them done by women. The whole point is to get it done by the oppostie sex.I know women that wouldn't take a male masseuse or pedicure guy.
You made yourself a caricature by starting this thread if we are being honest.It looks like everyone else thinks it is. You are trying to put me into some sort of caricature so people can make fun of me.
That's what that is about and your reply has been about to this thread.
Now that everyone has had their cheap-shot worthless laughs to feel better about themselves (ie like they would need to do that if they are doing so well with the ladies). Lets continue with the regular scheduled discussion of this thread.
So you dont like the thread therefore you start posting insults. I guess mods are above the law.You made yourself a caricature by starting this thread if we are being honest.
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.
Where is the insult? If the shoe fits wear it.So you dont like the thread therefore you start posting insults. I guess mods are above the law.
He just confirmed that he is not in this forum to get help, without actually saying it. SMH.Where is the insult? If the shoe fits wear it.