HalfAddict
Master Don Juan
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So Backbreaker shares some things, and Karma comes here and makes fun... reeeeaaaaal nice, clearly you need to go back to the high school forum Karma.
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.
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.
HalfAddict said:So Backbreaker shares some things, and Karma comes here and makes fun... reeeeaaaaal nice, clearly you need to go back to the high school forum Karma.
how do you remove a cousin?st_99 said:on a similar note, my first cousin once removed is slammin hot. With
some alcohol involved I honestly could not guarantee i could hold myself
back. :yes::nono:
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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.
Enough to create fake user names to support his arguments? You're KarmaSutra, aren't you?Sue Madre said:I think backbreaker takes this place a little too seriously.
Bible_Belt said:Enough to create fake user names to support his arguments? You're KarmaSutra, aren't you?
Bible_Belt said:http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showpost.php?p=1803464&postcount=47
How did you know who reports posts? Only moderators get that annoying email. I know from being a mod at the old nlg site. One of the moderators must be forwarding that email to you?
There's only enough room in this place for one of me.Bible_Belt said:Enough to create fake user names to support his arguments? You're KarmaSutra, aren't you?
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.
Nah.Bible_Belt said:You're right. I should turn off the reputation feature in my profile and use that as an excuse to be a complete d!ck to everybody, driving off the few valuable members that this site has left. That would make me cool![]()
you can be a as$h0le, but your posts crack me up!KarmaSutra said:Nah.
You complain too much to be cool.
It would help make you less of a cvnt though.
Bible_Belt said:You're right. I should turn off the reputation feature in my profile and use that as an excuse to be a complete d!ck to everybody, driving off the few valuable members that this site has left. That would make me cool![]()
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.
Yes we do.scrouds said:The effect is even better in person. Speaking of which, we need to get some cigars sometime.
KarmaSutra said:Yes we do.
A good whiskey and a smoke would certainly hit the spot.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.