Giantsfan88
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Above 51%? Below 49%? Do DJs typically believe in this here?
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.
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.
I know. But is there a point of no return? Like if you get the LJBF speech or some variation of "we can't see each other anymore/it's weird to (for bs reason)" does said woman ABSOLUTELY become unseducable and/or destined to fail LTR? And she would be rejecting you because of overpursuit and/or moving too fast._sideways_ said:Her interest flail like a bag in the wind.
so you have to give urself ur own odds.
how much do u believe u can charm her?
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.
Giantsfan88 said:I know. But is there a point of no return? Like if you get the LJBF speech or some variation of "we can't see each other anymore/it's weird to (for bs reason)" does said woman ABSOLUTELY become unseducable and/or destined to fail LTR? And she would be rejecting you because of overpursuit and/or moving too fast.
What is haunting me is that I left it off with this girl at "let me know when you wanna get together." I think I should have just not replied and my chance in the future would be better. I sounded pushy with that text I think._sideways_ said:even if u get all the speeches...if you want it, u gotta believe u can come back at the bottom of the ninth with two outs.
51or49 % is when ur heart is not in it...just call it a day.
because her rejection should be like a mosquito bite to you...who cares...shes dumb for not scooping you up...knaw mean
Absolutely spot on. I needed the advice as well. Thanks.Meisterman said:Interest Level
When a girl who shows interest doesn't know much about you or is curious, she will often fill in the blanks with the best possible scenario for you.
Stay mysterious, so she can make you out to be the man of her dreams in her own mind.
And if you do this right, she will make you out to be the man of her dreams in her own mind.
Hence why a girl's IL is always highest at or around the very beginning of a relationship.
Once it falls below a certain point, it's almost impossible to get back up.
The only method to raise it again is go ghost and let her realize on her own what she's missing.
Texting too little can't hurt you. But texting too much can and will hurt you.
Only text her to arrange to see each other in person. That's it.
And remember, scarcity = value. The more available you are, the more you smother her with attention and praise and accommodate to her needs, the more you are selling yourself as a piece of dirt on the sidewalk.
You need to present yourself as a diamond. As a rare, precious commodity. And most of all, be scarce. If it's not challenging for her, it isn't worth her time. She's hard-wired to think this way (albeit unconsciously).
Remember a girl falls in love with you when she is away from you, not with you. So no amount of 'effort to fix things' is guaranteed to do anything other than push her farther away from you.
For a women's IL to remain high, she should be doing 75-80% of the 'pull-work' in the relationship. This means initiating with YOU first, accommodating to YOUR needs, making time for YOU, etc.
And most all...Worrying about if you still like her or not (or at least as much as she likes you) SUPER IMPORTANT!!!!!!!
Even if she doesn't see you as a high value guy at first, if she has to do all this for you to stick around she will make you out to be one. Her ogic for her monkey mind is "I'm doing so much for him, he must be worth it." And "I'm thinking so much about why he hasn't returned my text. I must really like him a lot to care that much."
It's the only way she can rationalize it! And if you know how her 'buttons' work you can push them a certain way to hedge in your favor. Luckily most women are pretty similar as to what makes them be and stay attracted to a man. So if you understand this and don't try to be the 'white knight' to all her problems, it will make it boat-loads easier to keep a women's IL high in a relationship.
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.