trickynick
Master Don Juan
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You either own the game or it owns you!
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You either own the game or it owns you!
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
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.
Why????Originally posted by trickynick:
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Just reread your own posts. They're remarkably similar.Originally posted by Mark:
Why????
Can you post some threads that he did?
Fvck you.Originally posted by galactus:
Just reread your own posts. They're remarkably similar.
"Fvck you"? This is cleaning up your act?Originally posted by Mark:
Fvck you.Originally posted by galactus:
Just reread your own posts. They're remarkably similar.
What I do to you?
I don't make fun of you. And I told you I cleaned up my act.
You guys are the ones being pr1cks now.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Trickynick, I haven't seen him throwing a narcissistic rage recently. Or, have I missed it that again?Originally posted by trickynick:
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Originally posted by trickynick:
galactus and Mark,
The purpose of this thread was not for you two to have a flame war. You two already got one thread closed in here doing this. Don't hi-jack my topic.
BTW Mark, I am not impressed with this. We have a truce now, remember?
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.
Originally posted by Mark:
I didn't do anything to him.......
sh1t we're just acting like little whiny babies aren't we???
I'll be the adult and stop it.
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.