Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
OOooooooo, salty......Desdinova said:Here's the way I see it.... At least she's not Wyldfire![]()
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.
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?
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
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.
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.
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!![]()
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
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.
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.