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.
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
This is not always true. For me most relationships weren't considered "official" until well after the first kiss. Though it's different with every girl.librito said:The date that women remember as the aniversary of the relationship is not the day you meet her but the day of the first kiss.
librito said:Cheating starts with kissing. That's how all sexual relashionships start. When a woman tells you ...I did not cheat, we only kissed....what she is really telling you is that you found out a few minutes or days before she fucs the guy and that she is not sorry that you caught her cheating because she really wanted to fuc the other man.
The date that women remember as the aniversary of the relationship is not the day you meet her but the day of the first kiss.
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
If you have to keep it secret, it's cheating.ljm said:What do you guys consider as cheating, or being cheated on when in an LTR?