Papa_smu
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Glad your posting again
keep up the awesome work!
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
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.
Thank you!Glad your posting againkeep up the awesome work!
Nah my cardio endurance is just garbage lol. Trying to increase it as fast as I can. I’m guessing 3-4 times a week would be better?Why are you doing cardio everyday? Is it yoir goal to look like an emaciated marathon runner who is skinny fat?
Yes and doing interval sprints for 5 minutes at the end of lifting sessions would be even better...they incinerate fat and boost GH significantlyNah my cardio endurance is just garbage lol. Trying to increase it as fast as I can. I’m guessing 3-4 times a week would be better?
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.
How come you haven't posted any pictures of girls yet? Everyone else is.Yes and doing interval sprints for 5 minutes at the end of lifting sessions would be even better...they incinerate fat and boost GH significantly
I’ll do that after I get a first date, not much point imo if I post a pic and then something just fizzles out by chance. Maybe I’ll blur faces idk we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it lolHow come you haven't posted any pictures of girls yet? Everyone else is.
Was talking to @marmel75I’ll do that after I get a first date, not much point imo if I post a pic and then something just fizzles out by chance. Maybe I’ll blur faces idk we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it lol
Workout Update
So I woke up really early today, and I figured I might as well update my journal!
I’m putting together a different plan for fitness. As I mentioned earlier, I’m working on losing the fat covering my muscle and my first goal is to see some rock hard abs.
Weight wise, I’m gonna be doing a push-pull-legs routine. StrongLifts would probably better for increasing raw strength, but I enjoy the push-pull-legs more so I’ll be more consistent. Plus as long as I’m squatting benching and deadlifting I’ll be straight.
For the nutrition, I’m mostly gonna be using the recipes off Scooby’s Workshop. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s spending all day in the kitchen. So with these simple meals I should be good. I’m not counting calories, as long as I eat healthy, get enough protein and do my lifting/cardio routine I’ll lose weight fast without destroying my muscle. So I’m gonna eat 3 meals a day, take 2-3 scoops of protein powder in water each day, and eat some fruit and vegetables every day too. With how busy I’m gonna be this upcoming semester, I think that this routine should be totally realistic and maintainable as long as I’m not BSing. Cheat meal wise, I’m gonna shoot for 2 a week.
To keep myself motivated in the daily grind, I’m just gonna have to listen to a ton of EDM. It’s one of my favorite music genres and makes for great workout music. Also kinda offtopic, but I’m gonna try and smoke less weed too. Not only is it hurting the money that I’m trying to save for school(and just more clothes and stuff too) but I feel like it’s just not good for my motivation, really.
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.
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
I appreciate the input. And thanks for recommending the RSD for me! That stuff is awesome. Inner Game wise, I definitely feel better about myself than before and it feels good to be getting all this together.Props for putting in the work bro. You're at a really exciting place in your life; even though (or maybe because) I had a ton of ups & down when I decided to take control over my own life, I look back on that first year or so as one of my favorites. I remember a kind of giddy feeling at all the possibilities I saw opening up in front of me at the time.
One of the things you touched on but that I think is super important is to stop comparing yourself to other people--but also to stop comparing where you are now with where you want to be. Obviously, you're not there yet and that's ok. But by taking action, you're making progress. You will come up short from time to time & that's cool too. Enjoy the ride.
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.