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.
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.
The article gives lots of reasons for it and they distinguish between pseudogynecomastia and gynecomastia. Interestingly enough they write that overweight men can actually develop breast tissue, elevated estrogen levels play some role in it. Still, it's sad for guys who suffer from that condition.Master Bates said:If that's what the article concludes, then it's not worth reading. If you have "breasts" because you're overweight, then it's because you're FAT, and you just have a fatass chest. Having actual breasts, breast tissue, is called gynecomastia, and aside from steroid use and side effects from some drugs, that's entirely genetic.
Totally true bates. I had it at 13, years before I smoked pot, and I forget the word for it but in the medical community it is classed as a disorder that doesn't have a cause that they know of. Its not like a breast either its hard lumps and tissue under your nips and lower pecs. The surgery is around 2000 just for that, and more for liposuction if there is fatty tissue along with the hard tissue. Some guys just have fat chests but no hard tissue, that could be solved with just liposuction.Master Bates said:If that's what the article concludes, then it's not worth reading. If you have "breasts" because you're overweight, then it's because you're FAT, and you just have a fatass chest. Having actual breasts, breast tissue, is called gynecomastia, and aside from steroid use and side effects from some drugs, that's entirely genetic. Most men with gynecomastia- men who are not overweight- developed it when they were in their teens. This article is retarded.
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.
how do you know it's not muscle? cause when i tense the top gets all hard and a 'cleft' of some sort forms where i can feel the muscle at the top and fat at the bottom. (which i need to lose) But when im not tense i can't tell the difference as easily.Kerpal said:It just feels like a hard, rubbery ball under the nipples.