Rollo Tomassi
Master Don Juan
Generation AFC
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
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.
Yeah thanks for havin my back skip. Player's Syndrome huh? I suppose I can't rule this out. God only know's what will happen to me when I try to change my lifestyle. I may find out that my life is better the way I am. And we're all assuming that this will actually as well. I'll be honest, I've not been very good with LTR's because I've been so affixiated on becoming and being a prince of the night. There's a very good chance that I'll fall flat on my face in this whole thing or she'll think that I'm no where near ready enough to be with her during and after her pregancy. We'll just have to wait and see won't we? I'm not fear less but seeing as I'm no stranger to facing my fears I'm not really shaken by anything that has been said in this thread.skip2mylou781 said:PRmoon - i never doubted you, I knew you are a true real player
and like i said, you have PLAYER SYNDROME!!!!!
All women are different. Each has a different set of good qualities and baggage.This girl is different.
I'm not going to deny that it's appealing after dating lots of women, encountering many bimbos, and other women who are flakey. But all you're doing here is settling for a woman who seems "different" because she doesn't act like a typical American woman. I'll tell you right now, there's lots of women like this one out there. I can't tell you how many SMs I had the opportunity to date and start a LTR with. I turned them all down. Why? Because raising someone else's kid SUCKS.I mean come on guys does doing those things vs spending some time with a girl and yes possibly change/save my life by being a father sound like too out of this world? I'll admit I might be overcompensating somewhat becuase she's already pregnant but a wife, children, dogs, a house, you've gotta see how that MIGHT sound appealing to some one who's been in the game and pretty much done several lifetimes of partying condensed into a few solid years.
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.
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup:Rollo Tomassi said:Savior Schema - or in layman's terms "Cap'n-Save-A-Ho" to the rescue.
Think about this for a bit - it sounds like what you really is want to change your life. So why then use a [pregnant] woman to do so?PRMoon said:I'm only 25 but it's starting to catch up to me. I live a very risky life. I have and still do deal drugs to my clients, I'm an alcoholic, I have unsafe sex very often with girls I don't know etc etc How does any of that make me cool or even seem like a good way to live?
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.
I agree with this 100 percent.Unfortunately that still wasn't enough to make me any less an AFC at the time, nor does your position make you any less an AFC. Some of the most legendary PUAs are utter and hopeless AFCs when it comes to their ability to cope with a LTR. It's not the 'getting', it's the 'having.'
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.