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.
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.
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.
Your post adds nothing of value to the thread. You are a value taker. FAILIamJosan said:Another whining thread. *sigh* -_-
Another tool with nothing of value to add to the conversation. The adults are trying to have a conversation here.Tiguere said:Yeap . Another crybaby thread.
satelliteparties said:The reason the OP is getting some haters is because it goes against the whole "Ugly guy can get any girl he wants by sarging her and using the right game" myth.
So some of you like the hunt and the thrill of the chase and occasionally getting an exception lay out of it, good for you.
The biggest pimps I know wouldn't even know what the word AFC or kino means. They wouldn't be on this site in the first place. Women in their social circles come to them because of their looks or value within the circle.
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.
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.
Absolutely, you just don't see it. I don't see where this idea of women being approached left and right and all these pursuers come from. Yes at a club I don't doubt but anywhere else it just never happens. I saw a stanger approach a female some time ago in public and that was the first time in a very long. Infact the woman was shocked herself because she didn't expect it to happen the guy walked away with the #. Most guys are too scared to do it. What commonly happens that I see is a woman will be around that catches mens eye but they'll just stare they won't actually do anything about it. If you have the courage to take the risk where most men won't you'll already be far ahead of everyone else and this matters very much if you're looking to "impress" a girl.Forty0ztoFreedom said:Some good points in this thread, but the one point I would argue is this notion that every girl is this female-player that has 10 plates and has constant validation and male attention. The girls you'll meet out at a bar/club, maybe . . but otherwise, no. There ARE some girls in the world that have trouble with this too, probably more than we think.
Its not so black-and-white.
Your not going to impress a girl by approaching her. She views you with disdain. Just read some of the approach journals...90% of these girls that get approached give massive F-off signals right from the get-go.IKO69 said:Absolutely, you just don't see it. I don't see where this idea of women being approached left and right and all these pursuers come from. Yes at a club I don't doubt but anywhere else it just never happens. I saw a stanger approach a female some time ago in public and that was the first time in a very long. Infact the woman was shocked herself because she didn't expect it to happen the guy walked away with the #. Most guys are too scared to do it. What commonly happens that I see is a woman will be around that catches mens eye but they'll just stare they won't actually do anything about it. If you have the courage to take the risk where most men won't you'll already be far ahead of everyone else and this matters very much if you're looking to "impress" a girl.
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.