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.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
PS79 said:Once you act Needy towards a girl...is it ball game over with that girl?? Yes, I understand you move on but....
No chance in hell in the future? No comeback or redemption?
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've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
And the way to do that is to have many options/plates... Never depend on one woman for FsSandow said:So what have we learned?
Don't be needy.
WOMEN DONT GET NEEDY .. THEY GET "WANTY":yes: :yes:Buck Rogers said:Just think how annoying it is when a girl's needy.
Great story! Exactly the sort of **** we all need to hear.WC2 said:Anything is possible.
The problem is that guys think they can make themselves look uneedy very quickly. It doesn't work like that.
It takes patience.
Sometimes weeks, months, even years.
The idea is to not 'appear' uneedy but to actually be uneedy and move on to better things. If she comes around, she does. If not, fuc* it.
For example, a few years ago I was young and ignorant. Some chick liked me, however I smothered her. It got real nasty, she told me to stop calling her and that 'yeah you're cute, but i'm not your mother' type of deal.
Long story short, haven't talked to the girl in 2 years. I see her at the bar a few months ago, she says hi. I crack a few jokes about how she changed her hair color and I move on.
Hours later, she's begging me to tell her more about my hair. Again, I say 'listen babe, it's not all about you' and walk away.
By this time her emotions were about as wet as can be so she GRABS me and starts making out with me.
Again, I push her away.
See, I didn't just go uneedy for her. I went uneedy as a person. I don't need to stoop down to her level.
It took patience, not mind games or anything like that.
So yes, it is possible. But it's not a get rich quick scheme.
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.
Good.PS79 said:The reason I'm asking is again I've been sarcastically asking this girl out on dates and being flirty with her ignoring my texts......knowing that she's in a relationship.
Why are you asking a girl out who's already in a relationship and sleeping with a guy? Of course she would ignore your texts, I would too. You should find a girl who's available and likes to spend time with you.
I've called her out in a funny way for ignoring them. I may have come across as needy but I wasn't at all. It was sarcasm....and I did apologize to her if it came across the wrong way...
Translation: "I know you have a boyfriend who you let inside of you, but I'm busting you for ignoring my texts because when you ignore me, my delicate ego gets hurt so I have to call you out to make myself feel better." Dude you shouldn't even be talking to this girl.
Again the background, we know each other well... I asked her out but she got back with her boyfriend. It was just bad timing and again she is still emotionally attached to the guy. Now she is broken up with him again... and I'm letting this one go for a longgg time.
We still talk but from now on I will not initiate it....
You're wasting your time. Instead of messing around with women who are taken and who aren't interested in you, mess around with women who are single and are interested in you.PS79 said:She'll talk to me if I initiate it but I have no reason to contact her at this point unless I wanted to banter with her a little bit....
I wouldn't say that but why would you even want to act needy? Are you a needy type? Are you one of those slimy creepy needy type of guys that turn women off?PS79 said:Once you act Needy towards a girl...is it ball game over with that girl?? Yes, I understand you move on but....
No chance in hell in the future? No comeback or redemption?
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.