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.
Oh, please. If you're by yourself and outnumbered, or the other guy has a gun, you could be Arnold himself but your chest can't deflect bullets, and real thugs know that. I don't know what world you live in, but its obviously very different from mine.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
Dumbass.
Stop crying like a chick; I was joking because every wimp on here is always talking this alpha shyt all the time.Marlimus said:
A poor Austrian immigrant who barely speaks english becomes the best bodybuilder in the world, becomes an action hero icon for almost a decade, makes hundreds of millions of dollars, has sex with the most beautiful women in the world, and becomes Governor of a state that, if it were to secede from the US, would be the fifth largest economy in the world?
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.
Marlimus said:
So I guess Tom Cruise is an Alpha male too. Sure he's a little weird but at least he's got the balls to admit it and show everyone.SELF-MASTERY said:
I know, but STYLE isn't my leader or alpha gauge; He's a lil byatch.Marlimus said:
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.
Microphone Fiend said:
I'm sorry to all the Canadians on this board but I cant resist this. Thats too funny, I used to have a running joke with a canadian friend of mine about how the worst he could do was beat me with a hockey stick. Thats good stuffflippinfreak said:
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.
Man that sucks. 600 bucks is nothing to a real dealer though, it's part of earning the territory being mugged. It gives you free reign to go back and kick the guys assdannowillbookem said:
i didnt even know the guy, so he got lucky he just happened to pick teh kid who unloaded all secondhand blow at a party. i had great margins too but after that i was just like what the hell am i doing this forflippinfreak said:Man that sucks. 600 bucks is nothing to a real dealer though, it's part of earning the territory being mugged. It gives you free reign to go back and kick the guys ass
I tried to deal before, I was like 13 and a total AFC. I got mugged three times in the same day. One guy did it right in my face, in front of like 30 people, I didn't even try to man up even though I was taller than him. I asked on of the bigger guys to help me, and they said they'd help if I sucked their c0cks, the guy stood up and walked away without looking back with all of his friends staring back laughing at me... I felt so tooled.