Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
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.
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.
All the crap that we talk about here on this site that they dish out.joekerr31 said:what do you think drives a man to hit a woman?
discuss.
Exactly what I was gonna say. I personally wouldn't do it, but boy I've gotta say these b*tches have it coming to them alright. So, I don't feel bad for them when I hear about it, cause I say to myself the b*tch got what she deserved. A woman in her 40's I used to know used to say the same thing about one of her female friends, how "her husband in the past has knocked the sh*t out of her, because she had it coming and deserved it". And this is all coming from another female.Drum&Bass said:Fuck all this bullshit about men being weak, insecure and already losing the battle nonsense
No man wants to willingly fight or hit a woman...but bitches will provoke you and destroy your dignity until they get a rise out you, which is what they want (they want you to react violently and emotionally)
yea you could just leave or walk away from the situation but a man has a right to be where he wants to be especially if its in his home or its somewhere he wants to be (why should a man run from a problem when all our lives where taught to confront them) why should a man leave his space of comfort because of someone else being inconsiderate ?
Women who get yapped in the jaw are/were asking for it and most likely got what they wanted.
I don't condone hitting women but if a women is crazy/sick/foolish enough to flirt with danger and push buttons then any repurcussions from her behvior are earned.
if your around someone bigger and stronger than you who can level you...COMMON SENSE SHOULD KICK IN, A RED LIGHT SHOULD START FLASHING THAT SAYS DO NOT PUSH THIS PERSON TO THEIR BREAKING POINT..DO NOT PROVOKE THEM TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH !
disclaimer:: This doesn't apply to abusers, insane and or bad people*
I think a guy who lacks such basic self-control which prevents him from whaling on a chick pretty much falls into one or more of your disclaimer categories.Drum&Bass said:disclaimer:: This doesn't apply to abusers, insane and or bad people*
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
That definitely changes the playing field.edger said:I wanna add though, if a woman ever starts raising her hands to me, I would have no problem acting out in self-defense. I don't buy the "just stand there and let her pummel you"
Only if your character allows them to get the best of you. This typically happens when is either insecure or unable to sustain control over their anger. It's not to say that you wouldn't get pissed off, it's just that the only way that a guy can emote his disdain is by violence? It falls into the realm of people who curse all the time, they are considered challenged in how to express their thoughts by other means.Drum&Bass said:...but bitches will provoke you and destroy your dignity until they get a rise out you, which is what they want (they want you to react violently and emotionally)...
There's a place between leaving the situation and invoking violence. What do we do when police officers use violence with people who just give them some lip? Now self defense is another matter altogether.Drum&Bass said:...
yea you could just leave or walk away from the situation but a man has a right to be where he wants to be especially if its in his home or its somewhere he wants to be (why should a man run from a problem when all our lives we are taught to confront them) why should a man leave his space of comfort because of someone else being inconsiderate ?
Exactly, not in the same category. Took the words right out of my mouth again. NOBODY on earth pushes buttons like/to the extent that a woman does.Drum&Bass said:an officer that uses violence on someone who had a few harsh words is illegal and not in the same category.
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.
My Ex, once begged me to hit her back, after a drunken episode of her lashing out whilst i was sober, she had been out one night and came back, created drama, i did not back down, so she starts with the fists and the slaps.joekerr31 said:what do you think drives a man to hit a woman?
discuss.
joekerr31 said:personally im against hitting a woman under any circumstances. well, barring her coming at you with a tire iron or something. i just think if you feel like you've got to hit her, there should be no question in your mind that its time to NEXT her. i think men who engage in violence do so because they, on some level, want to.
but i also agree with the poster that women provoke it many times through sustained emotional abuse.
which gave me an interesting thought. imagine how interesting it would be if they ran public service announcements talking about how women emotionally abuse men and how wrong it was. just like they run PSAs against violence again women, drunk driving, drug use, etc.
if women were publicly admonished for behavior that can be classified as emotional abuse i bet a lot of them would stop it.
just like a LOT of men now find hitting a woman unacceptable (which was not the case prior to the 60s).
perhaps part of the problem is that society still feels that it is politically uncorrect to open criticize women for certain behaviors. it seems we live in a time where it is just fine to point out behaviors men should stop engaging in, but not ok to do the same for women.
Why is that? It's the same thing that you guys are talking about. Well, at least the Police are allowed to use force when necessary.Drum&Bass said:police officers are meant to protect people and uphold the law...an officer that uses violence on someone who had a few harsh words is illegal and not in the same category....
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.