She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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.
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.
Come over to my thread "Pretending to be in pain to get girl's attention" use my method, I guarantee you you will get laid. REALLY! I GUARANTEE it.Silex said:4 flames so far.... keep it up.
Yup you give up that easy?Huh well I guess America should just give up on war on terror and stop looking for bin laden and let him attac america againSilex said:thats it. My life is over.
I GIVE UP.
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.
Winter does not suck! I love the cold season, its the summer that I hate!winter_sucksx said:Yup you give up that easy?Huh well I guess America should just give up on war on terror and stop looking for bin laden and let him attac america again
Get the fukk out of here man NEVER GIVE UP AND NEVER SURRENDER
Giving up means you have failed life,dont give up just contuie on.
That show sucks, but yeah I see what you mean.Silex said:No this aint the ****ing "View", BUT IT IS A SELF-HELP/ADVICE SITE. FOR MEN. SO MAYBE its THE MALE "VIEW".
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
Wow...I've seen a lot of pathetic ****....but that site has got to be close to the top...Francisco d'Anconia said:WTF do you think this is? This ain't The View. Here, try this site...
http://www.cuddleparty.com/
They'll make you feel all better...
Either way why should you care, you've given up...Silex said:No this aint the ****ing "View", BUT IT IS A SELF-HELP/ADVICE SITE. FOR MEN. SO MAYBE its THE MALE "VIEW".
It's not pathetic at all, it's an excellent place to practise 'reallyfreakinglosts' pain routine - there would likely be plenty of succers there who would fall for it.Manonamission said:Wow...I've seen a lot of pathetic ****....but that site has got to be close to the top...
:crackup: :crackup:Luke Skywalker said:It's not pathetic at all, it's an excellent place to practise 'reallyfreakinglosts' pain routine - there would likely be plenty of succers there who would fall for it.
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.