Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
OOooooooo, salty......Desdinova said:Here's the way I see it.... At least she's not Wyldfire![]()
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.
OOooooooo, salty......Desdinova said:Here's the way I see it.... At least she's not Wyldfire![]()
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.
DavenJuan said:we share the same IP number?
..im confused?
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.
Even more interesting as he is perhaps the ONLY "m"an I have heard write in a message board the following:Rollo Tomassi said:Interesting since you happen to share the same IP number as her.
A clear indication that he is either gay...or a woman."the last thing they want to do is AGREE with a women. even when her post at the time is insightful, thought provoking, eye opening, or sometimes enjoyably debatable."
Oh man, 'Cisco you killed it!Francisco d'Anconia said:Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?![]()
thanks for the slap on the azz...but I am niether gay or a women.Latinoman said:Even more interesting as he is perhaps the ONLY "m"an I have heard write in a message board the following:
A clear indication that he is either gay...or a woman.
Whew... I was worried that it was way too far overhead for anyone to catch. Thanks buddy!KarmaSutra said:Oh man, 'Cisco you killed it!
Yikes and gadzookes.
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.
Latinoman said:Really? All you have to do is open TWO windows and sign in using both IDs (one per window). Then type in World two posts. Then copy - paste each posts in their respective Reply box.
And then reply within 60 seconds of each ID.
If it was a perfect match; meaning not just the first two series of 3 numbers, then RT should be your best friend. He should already have a PM in his box thanking him that you can still post, if that were the case.iqqi said:I think that means we are the same person!![]()
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.
Their IPs and their hosts are different in this thread, so I doubt they're the same person.Really? All you have to do is open TWO windows and sign in using both IDs (one per window).
Geeze...azanon said:I believe you're not DavenJuan. You don't strike me as being cautious enough to even remember to not start sentences with caps when posting as Daven. Also, I doubt you could even fake posts as emotionally absent as Daven's are with me just looking at his for a couple of minutes.
For the record, I've actually changed my mind and decide you really are female. I've seen that (female) "crazy" way too many times to not recognize it when I see it.
So what do you have against iVillage?
Exactly AND unless this is a gay community I don't see what your problem is with a little female company, fellas.DavenJuan said:there are posters who dislike her and other female posters simply because of gender alone, and not substance.
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.