"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
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.
Its a miracle this place is still around
- Thread starter eli77
- Start date
"I just moved here from Florida."
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.
Travel memoir21
Master Don Juan
I just go here to socialize mostly. I hope it doesn't get taken down by Social justice warriors and critical, cynical liberals.
For the most part yes help me get over my public speaking I finally got a girlfriend in high school
Good for you man
Plinco
Master Don Juan
Good job
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
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.
Serenity
Moderator
Given how long this forum has existed and the fact that it has remained fairly active through all of that time, it's surprising it hasn't ever been brigaded by an army of those trolls. At least I haven't ever heard of that happening here. In any case I'd become really busy if it happened...
They'd have a very hard time taking down an independent website anyways. It's far from as simple as getting stuff on third party platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Reddit etc.) taken down, where rights don't exist. It can't be "taken down" because they have nobody to turn to with their demands except the owner, he fully owns and controls this website and the domains to it.
Who Dares Win
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2012
- Messages
- 7,426
- Reaction score
- 5,803
Also as Serenity said, there is no general overlord that is switching something off within his domain only cause enough people cry for it.