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.
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.
O.P is looking for the green light to commit rape.Philippe Schlichting said:There is this saying in the community that pickup gave you power.
Name one technique that gives me power over women.
What I mean is: Which technique, ie, what you do or say right now, gives you power over women. The question stems from realizing that women by their sheer existance get attention and sex. I am asking for a technique that offers the same power with the same effort being put in.
I am not asking this for the record, I don't want you to list every useless fact that comes to mind, but to mention something to use against women next time who display their female power against you. For instance it is very easy to be seen as lower value by women. It seems as if they were waiting for something they could see as lower value in you.
Naughty Ninja said:O.P is looking for the green light to commit rape.
LOL:crackup:VladPatton said:He should throw in suicide while he's at it.
We could leave women before and we can do it now. Neither is it a powerful technique nor related to pickup.FinalWay said:The only power we have is to better ourselves , and that includes dropping useless women...what do you wanna do? Win her over? I say fvck that, and screw her best friend lol.
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
That doesn't give you power towards women, these are your standards and the best you can expect from a woman is to tell you that she doesn't care about them.pipe007 said:easy!
I love myself! I respect myself! I deserve to have quality women! and quality relationships!
I dont tolerate disrespect!, and I don't settle for anything less than first class behavior toward me.
This backfires directly to you as it shows that my question forced you to reevaluate your understanding of pickup as a power tool and that made you realize some uncomfortable truths, which you want to conceal by writing what you wrote.Naughty Ninja said:O.P is looking for the green light to commit rape.
Suicide gives you no power over women. But try it, nobody will miss you.VladPatton said:He should throw in suicide while he's at it.
that made me lol for a bit.Philippe Schlichting said:Suicide gives you no power over women. But try it, nobody will miss you.
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.
Philippe Schlichting said:This backfires directly to you as it shows that my question forced you to reevaluate your understanding of pickup as a power tool and that made you realize some uncomfortable truths, which you want to conceal by writing what you wrote.
You're the only "power tool" around here.Philippe Schlichting said:This backfires directly to you as it shows that my question forced you to reevaluate your understanding of pickup as a power tool and that made you realize some uncomfortable truths, which you want to conceal by writing what you wrote.
Bingo. Everyone talks about indifference being the magic bullet when I think its having an air of indifference. A few of my friends claim to be indifferent in their situation, but I see them trying to maintain some communication before they get the women they are after. say one thing, do another. Its the same with folks here who claim indifference is going to be the final solution.PlayHer Man said:This is a half-truth. "Indifference" does not give you power over a woman. It just keeps her from having power over you.
I agree with you. You can be indifferent all day long, but if you're not high value or if she doesn't have some interest in you, she isn't going to care, or probably even notice (unless she's an extreme AW).Mike32ct said:I think indifference is good but overrated as a technique for most guys. With all her options today, indifference only works for very high value men.
I'm not saying one should ever be needy. But expecting that an average guy would get laid from indifference? I doubt it.
PlayHerMan is also correct. It's more for you than her.
I'd love to hear Zekko's thoughts on this one.
As for the OP's question, I'm a little confused about what kind of situation he is describing when he talks about "displaying her female power against you". Could be taken a few different ways."Indifference" does not give you power over a woman. It just keeps her from having power over you.
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
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.