Fenderules
Master Don Juan
which one are you? just curious to see a ratio. Lol im bored
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.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
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.
Wow, there is nothing even remotely DJ about that? Treating girls like sh*t, then laughing at your friends? At what point are you getting the ladies? And why don't you help your friends out.Originally posted by Jack McCrack
Almost DJ in my opinion and in my friends' eyes. (You know you're improving when your buddies tell you that you treat girls like sh*t, that your style never works, watching them shower girls with gifts and compliments, and laughing when they fall flat on their face)
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.
Originally posted by cant think of a user name
Whoa, more than half of the people (53%) who contributed to this poll declared themselves a "Recovering AFC"!
What does that say about the people who frequent this site? I don't know, but it sends a very clear message:
53% of us need more experience in the field instead of speaking theoretically from the armchair.
Good luck guys =)
Originally posted by Don_Joffe
Aequitas, keep dreaming...
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
Absolutely.It's a never-ending evolution of ideas, attitudes and a never ending attempt at testing. You get better and better at everything as you live your life improving yourself. However, you will never become a complete Don Juan.