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.
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.
http://catmacros.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/emo.jpggeorgie24 said:just sent her a text
damn it
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.
It haPPENS to the best of us, the other day i contacted a "super-grenade" working 60 hours a week, and having a high drive will do that too yousquirrels said:
samspade said:Don't beat yourself up - what's done is done. You have to resolve not to do it again, though.
Spinning plates is the practice of having more than one woman interested in you at any given time.* It doesn't mean they all have to be sleeping with you. It means you should be cultivating, at any stage, romantic interest from more than one woman. This helps to keep you from disproportionately dwelling on any one woman. It will help you mature emotionally so you can deal with different women. It will help you qualify and select based on what YOU want. And it helps stave off Oneitis, which is what you have. You are consumed by one woman at the expense of your mental well-being and your emotional, personal, and sexual satisfaction.
*Think of each woman as a "plate" that you must keep spinning on the table. You can't possibly pay attention to all plates at all times. When one stops, it's asking for your attention and you are granting it. Get the idea?
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.
Listen to him georgie24. Trust me, with enough time the scales will fall from your eyes and you'll see the light. You are overrating this girl.samspade said:Don't beat yourself up - what's done is done. You have to resolve not to do it again, though.
Spinning plates is the practice of having more than one woman interested in you at any given time.* It doesn't mean they all have to be sleeping with you. It means you should be cultivating, at any stage, romantic interest from more than one woman. This helps to keep you from disproportionately dwelling on any one woman. It will help you mature emotionally so you can deal with different women. It will help you qualify and select based on what YOU want. And it helps stave off Oneitis, which is what you have. You are consumed by one woman at the expense of your mental well-being and your emotional, personal, and sexual satisfaction.
*Think of each woman as a "plate" that you must keep spinning on the table. You can't possibly pay attention to all plates at all times. When one stops, it's asking for your attention and you are granting it. Get the idea?
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.
speed dawg said:Go ahead and crack, georgie. That may be your only hope. From the looks of your posts, you've been posting this pathetic garbage since 2003, d*mn near a decade ago. You haven't learned sh*t. You don't listen to the excellent advice given to you.
So do us all a favor and crack. Lose your password to this site too.
i read these everyday, then write threm piece of paper the sections im weakest at then toss in trash can:rockon:Rollo Tomassi said: