She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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 about the native Americans hunting bison? All parts of the Bison were used for so many different things in the tribe. Hunting Bison was important to them and they did it often.twentee said:that's a stupid assumption, dude. what we mostly ate, (what flesh food we DID eat, that is) back in the day, was carrion and what we could drive other animals off of, after THEY killed it. just as packs of wild dogs do to this day. You cant be risking failure, burning so many calories, risking injury, that often. It just won't pan out. Mostly, primitives foraged for edible plants, with some fish, reptiles, amphibs,and some insects in the mix.
That would be awesome though lolHiker said:How humans hunted before weapons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o
Something I want to do before I die. Chase after an ungulate for 8 hours, choke it; then have a barbecue.
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.