gongxia649
Don Juan
being an afc is not bad after all.
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.
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.
Holy crap, he did what your doing, WeakGame, and it actually worked!? It defies explanation.ou can say it first.
My experience proves it.
My girlfriend and I met to break up. I was devasted (I'd asked on the phone and she'd told me the purpose of us meeting for coffee).
It was horrific, the pain I felt.
As we were leaving, I broke down. I told her I had been falling for her, then she said "What!?" and I left because I'd started to cry.
Just absolutely gut-wrenching paid I'd felt -- never felt anything like it before.
Then we talked on the phone for a long time that night.
Then a few weeks later, I told her I loved her. And she said she loved me.
Now it's about six month's later.
If I'd never told her I'd loved her, I don't think I'd still be with her.
The thing is, I KNEW that she was in love with me because she was ALWAYS saying things like, "I LOVE how you" do this, or that, or the other thing.
But if a girl isn't extremely emotional toward me, I'd NEVER EVER say I loved her.
And, incidentally, don't let how you really feel stop you from telling her you love her.
That's between you and yourself.
There are great advantages to lying and saying you love her.
But I don't think you can EVER EVER then tell her that you don't and didn't love her.
That's be just about the worst thing a human being could say to another human being: "I never loved you -- I was lying."
Aghhh... horror...
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"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing."
--George Bernard Shaw
Exactly, a MAN doesn't seek validation for his emotions.virtual_insanity said:men ****ing cry if they ****ing want to, being a man is doing what u feel right, confidently
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.
A man should always try to show strength. There are few times in a mans life when he cries. A death or perhaps even the birth of his child are fine.DJ_in_making said:Exactly, a MAN doesn't seek validation for his emotions.
Listen to your grandfather, he's right.
Well it looks like being an AFC got her back for the time being, but I guarantee that continuing to act like an AFC will not keep her around for long... Now you have to start acting like a man.gongxia649 said:being an afc is not bad after all.
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.