SeymourCake
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WTF is going on? This straight dude (maybe bi/gay?) complimented me. Why don't women do that to me?
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.
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.
Just take it as a compliment. I've been complimented by straight guys, which is fine. I don't even mind a compliment from a gay guy as long he's not propositioning me.SeymourCake said:WTF is going on? This straight dude (maybe bi/gay?) complimented me. Why don't women do that to me?
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.
Mike32ct said:Just take it as a compliment. I've been complimented by straight guys, which is fine. I don't even mind a compliment from a gay guy as long he's not propositioning me.
I've had gay guys proposition me rather directly and aggressively. That I found offensive.
Back to your question about why women don't do that. IME, women only compliment the really hot guys. You are probably a handsome dude, but not drop dead hot. I'm the same way. I'm easy on the eyes, but no model. As a result, I don't remember the last time a female complimented my looks. I don't expect it anymore.
Even the word "cute" has different meanings. When we call a female cute, we mean pretty, but not hot, maybe 7ish. When a girl refers to a guy as "cute", she does NOT mean handsome 7ish. She means "hot" or 8+. Women's standards for looks are higher.
SeymourCake said:WTF is going on? This straight dude (maybe bi/gay?) complimented me. Why don't women do that to me?
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.