"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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MISSION: Make NOTHING But STATEMENTS

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bump

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"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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This is so brilliant it deserves a bump.
 

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No disrespect to you PDX, but if you consistently make only statements, you sound bogus.

I've been trying this out in real life as much as I can, but it just can't work all the time.

Let's say that you want to know if someone knows something.

Take for example, "Tell me where the restroom is."
What if that person DOESN'T know where the restroom is? That's why you preface such a request with "Do you know where the restroom is?"
By making the question a statement, you're conveying that you assume that they know what you are asking, making the person feel dumb if they don't know.

Also--courtesy. Let's say I'm a guest at somebody's house and I want an apple. The courteous thing to say would be, "May I have an apple?"
Not "Let me have an apple."

Or even everyday things like "How are you doing?"
"Tell me how you're doing" comes across as suspiciously nosey. It might work for a psychiatrist, but not regular folks.

I'm sorry dude, but statements just aren't practical to use all the time.
 

SexPDX

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Originally posted by Duke
No disrespect to you PDX, but if you consistently make only statements, you sound bogus.
I never meant this to be something that you do ALL the time. Making nothing but statements for a week is just an exercise.

-PDX
 
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