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.
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.
Rollo Tomassi said:heh,..
"I'm quitting porn forever"
SS Translation: "post all of your best porn links in this thread please"
Dude you don't have a overactive porn problem, you have an underactive imagination. As you ease off the porn, start to practice coming up with some good visuals on your own. (while your shaking hands with the unemployed)DJ Shaka said:
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.
I don't think quitting masturbation forever is a good idea. I believe masturbation in moderation is good.Groovy said:Lol, I don't know if it's good or bad to quit porn! Some guys say: "You should quit it! It's good for your health" then I'm like yeah that's right, but then I read a different post and it says: "No no, it's GOOD to whack to porn once in a while! If you don't use it, you'll loose it!"
Basiclly I dunno how can I MB without porn... Makes no sence otherwise right? I'd like to get a deffinitive answer that quitting MB would be healthy, but I can't find it.
The best would be to find a GF so I wouldn't have to worry about this kind of things. I think I'm going to slow down on MB for a month or so to see how it feels. I've been MBing for weeks every other day and I'm okay, but I guess I'd be better if I didn't mb at all!
Mb is really really good, but 5 seconds after I'm like: Damn, maybe I shouldn't have done this at all! I don't know if it's worth it, I think not... Can someone really answer that it would be better for us NOT to masturbate?
I know for sure that I feel in HEAVEN when I DON'T do it for a month or so... But I keep reading it's unhealthy??
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.
Sounds good in theory, but come-on man.Rollo Tomassi said:
Just that every time an "I'm quitting Porn" thread shows up it tends to get all the guys without a 'porn problem' to link the OP with all the sites he should reconsider his decision over.jafyk said:
Lol, I see what you mean. Yeah, how's that supposed to help right?Rollo Tomassi said:
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
If I had a dollar for everytime I tried to quit watching porn....DJ Shaka said:
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.