She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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.
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.
KontrollerX said:Iqqi should be banned instead as should Tacky Taco.
"Looking around, it seems that alot of ppl are getting the ban hammer. I'm curious of the violation though."
There were no real violations.
Just favoritism or selective enforcement as is the case on other horribly run message boards.
I'm reeeally hoping you are wrong, but sadly my own speculation concurs.KontrollerX said:Iqqi should be banned instead as should Tacky Taco.
"Looking around, it seems that alot of ppl are getting the ban hammer. I'm curious of the violation though."
There were no real violations.
Just favoritism or selective enforcement as is the case on other horribly run message boards.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
The other racist in that thread who called keto "an ignorant ass redneck" was not banned as well so again its poor and biased moderation here all around.Kupid Diggs said:Probably because he is a racist idiot... Not that I care one way or the other... Just stating the obvious and what I've seen out of most of his posts..
Now now, KX, where's the love, brother?KontrollerX said:Iqqi should be banned instead as should Tacky Taco.
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.
Redneck is not a racist term. It describes a certain type of mindset. It's not something that applies to whites across the board, so therefore it's not racist.KontrollerX said:The other racist in that thread who called keto "an ignorant ass redneck" was not banned as well so again its poor and biased moderation here all around.
Speakeasy should be gone as well if keto has to be banned for racism.
Not that I have a problem with Speakeasy but fair is fair.
If racism was the reason for keto's ban it= selective enforcement of the rules which is to say garbage moderating as Speakeasy was being just as racist.
There's a difference between freedom of speech and freedom to troll.Son of anarchy said:Freedom of speech...
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.