Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes 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.
Dude...?Maxtro said:It's probably a good thing I didn't have a sister because I may have ended up violating her...:nono:
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
That's kinda what I'm getting at. I'm gonna ignore the whole incest thing...Maxtro said:There is an interesting question. Do guys who have sisters, do better with girls?
Maxtro said:There is an interesting question. Do guys who have sisters, do better with girls?
I think that just answers your question right there Maxtrowolf116 said:I have two sisters and fail with the ladiez.
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.
Put your sister to the test.Luthor Rex said:Incest is best.
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One example doesn't prove anything. Honestly I think it's a fault of the poll.OTB said:I think that just answers your question right there Maxtro![]()
LOL have you not learned anything or haven't you? Because I hope you know you contradicted yourself.jahidi said:I only have a 15yo sister so I obviously haven't learned anything from living with her, other than that I fully understand the saying "treat women like your little sister" and have done this with success.
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.
I never directly learned anything from her about women because she is several years younger. I was figuring things out on my own before she had reached puberty.Maxtro said:LOL have you not learned anything or haven't you? Because I hope you know you contradicted yourself.
The only thing I learned was that a house full of women is hell if you're the only male there. Sure my dad was around, but he worked during the day leaving me to hear my sister and mom not being able to agree on anything other than that the house had some kind of undetectible smell. If any of you ever get married, never let your wife or little girl think they run anything because you will have absolutely no peace.Maxtro said:Joking aside. If I had a sister it may have been very helpful for me. It could have helped me to learn how girls are, the way they work and think. Cause right now I basically don't have a clue about girls.