DavenJuan
Master Don Juan
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def. a must read to everyone in this forum
def. a must read to everyone in this forum
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.
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.
It would appear then, that a goal in finding the newly defined soul-mate, is to locate a woman who "gets it" and is also qualifying -us- in return. Since what we are talking about here is a conscious CHOICE, then the perhaps the best choice would be one where both sides are working in tandem, approaching the selection process from a similar mindset.Victory Unlimited said:You MUST qualify her.
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.
Yo Special Agent Thirdtimescharm,thirdtimescharm said:It would appear then, that a goal in finding the newly defined soul-mate, is to locate a woman who "gets it" and is also qualifying -us- in return. Since what we are talking about here is a conscious CHOICE, then the perhaps the best choice would be one where both sides are working in tandem, approaching the selection process from a similar mindset.
This ONE sentence that you have written right here shines a huge light on one of the MAJOR reasons why there exists such a divide between the two sexes. No one side is fully to blame. We all share in it somewhat. But what I'm speaking of is the LACK of recognition, the LACK of appreciation, and the LACK of willingness that exists between men and women to fully explore the WHOLE of the potentially "good attributes" we each can share with the other.There are plenty of people on SS who are only interested in fvcking women and don't realise the other benefits.
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.
And this:Victory Unlimited said:Masks of cynicism CANNOT provide enough cover to camofluage the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual DAMAGE that's been done to many of us who post here. No need for anyone to raise their hands, men. We all know who we are...
These two things mix together in the same man and create a huge problem. You see, when you are one of the "walking wounded" one of your problems is that you won't always know what is "realistic" to expect from women.Be careful though, to not let the death of your "realistic" relationship HOPES and DREAMS be by your OWN hand (your overly negative attitudes, limiting beliefs, melancholy mental focuses, etc.).
All of these dilemmas are readily resolvable when a man has defined clear and immutable criteria for his relationships with woman.Luthor Rex said:You see, when you are one of the "walking wounded" one of your problems is that you won't always know what is "realistic" to expect from women.
When you're one of the 'walking wounded' you may start to ask yourself questions like:
Is it realistic to expect a woman to never cheat?
Is it realistic for any LTR to last more than a few years?
Is it realistic to have to be constantly on my guard against the woman I'm dating?
Is it realistic to be able to let my vulnerabilities show every once in a while?
I'm sure the list could go on.
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That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
What do you want?Luxius said:I never considered a woman as a masturbation tool, never ..
I happen to agree with this, however, by this definition then, does not commitment make you a 'slave' by default? If by the circumstances of a commitment you cannot, figuratively, say "no" to the that (or due to that) commitment, are you not then a slave?Victory Unlimited said:"ANYTHING that you can't say NO to, is your MASTER. And YOU are it's SLAVE." - Victory Unlimited
Yes, and therein is the rub...what needs to be understood is that many times "committment" is made and signed off when the emotional appeal of a course of action is at it's highest. Then feelings commonly wane, and desire and passion are often diluted due to changed circumstances.Rollo Tomassi said:I
It's my take that commitment 'should' be a function of genuine desire. Ideally, commitment should be to something one is so passionate about that the limiting of one's own future opportunities that come from that commitment is an equitable trade. This is unfortunately rarely the case for most people in any form of commitment because people, circumstance, opportunity and conditions are always in flux. A commitment that had been seen as equitable sacrifice at one time can become debilitating 5 years after depending upon circumstance.
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.