When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
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.
:werd:Originally posted by Dominant
General rule with women is not give a damn what they think.
Who knows what she's thinking, honestly. It can range from actually concentrating on the papers to her boning some other dude without you knowing.
Both are very real possibilities.
You guys aren't together, go find other women.
Oh yeah, and don't take her resistance to see you personally. She's just being retarded.
I mean two whole weeks? She expects you to wait two weeks to see her again? Please, she can spare two hours to kick it.
1. Don't care what's going on in her head.
2. Don't take it personally.
3. Find other women (if you can't do this, then you have bigger problems to deal with).
4. Always have more than one girl.
Take it easy,
Dominant
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.
Whats this, a man back on the board? True.Originally posted by Dominant
General rule with women is not give a damn what they think.
Who knows what she's thinking, honestly. It can range from actually concentrating on the papers to her boning some other dude without you knowing.
Both are very real possibilities.
You guys aren't together, go find other women.
Oh yeah, and don't take her resistance to see you personally. She's just being retarded.
I mean two whole weeks? She expects you to wait two weeks to see her again? Please, she can spare two hours to kick it.
1. Don't care what's going on in her head.
2. Don't take it personally.
3. Find other women (if you can't do this, then you have bigger problems to deal with).
4. Always have more than one girl.
Take it easy,
Dominant
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.