syncmaster
Master Don Juan
Anyone in here from the pre-bible era... ie 3 or 4 years ago. Just wanna see who is still lurking around.
- Adam
- Adam
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
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.
Pre-Bible Era
- Thread starter syncmaster
- Start date
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
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.
Centaurion
Master Don Juan
The Antichrist_Star
Master Don Juan
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"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
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.
NYC Dude
Master Don Juan
Sync, haven't seen you in the longest time. I came here about 4 years ago, but the bible was around back then I think.
syncmaster
Master Don Juan
Well my missus of 3 years broke up w/ me so i'm back.
One thing i've noticed though is all these hotshot new guys who "have all the answers" but don't feel like sharing anything. It's always "go read the bible" ... kinda defeats the purpose of a "discussion forum". Ah for the good ol' days.
Lol and how could I forget you Wyldfire... yo're the only girl here... and you're still putting up with us
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Feel free to add me to msn people and I can regale you with the crazy stories i've had over the past 3 years.
Ciao
One thing i've noticed though is all these hotshot new guys who "have all the answers" but don't feel like sharing anything. It's always "go read the bible" ... kinda defeats the purpose of a "discussion forum". Ah for the good ol' days.
Lol and how could I forget you Wyldfire... yo're the only girl here... and you're still putting up with us
.Feel free to add me to msn people and I can regale you with the crazy stories i've had over the past 3 years.
Ciao
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
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.
NYC Dude
Master Don Juan
The forum was beige back then too.
A walk down memory lane...
http://www.sosuave.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000512.html
http://www.sosuave.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/001001.html
And something by crowes22 from way back when...
http://www.sosuave.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/001473.html
syncmaster
Master Don Juan
Wow! No kidding eh?
Remember what it used to look like before that? They changed it to the "beige" look a month after I joined.
I think before that it was black & white.
I still think it looks a TON better back then... the memories.
Remember what it used to look like before that? They changed it to the "beige" look a month after I joined.
I think before that it was black & white.
I still think it looks a TON better back then... the memories.
Yeah, it was black and white I think...
I liked it better back then, too. It wasn't the look so much as the sense of genuine comraderie that existed. There wasn't so much hating and most of the arguing were over ideas and disagreeing with posts instead of the personal insults and attacks and nonsense going on now. It's kinda sad...
penkitten
Master Don Juan
wb sync!
“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”
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.
diablo
Master Don Juan
http://sosuave.com/bible/bible.htm
Last updated: May 30, 2002.
Bet'cha not many of you still had that link.
syncmaster
Master Don Juan
... OMG that's gold. I have a pdf version of that. That was the second generation bible. Lorenzo and I put together the first one and then it took off from there. I'm surprised it's still lurking around. I'm sure that version is one of the best (better than todays as well) because it's not corrupted by "know it all'ism" . Wyld was right - no sense of community here anymore.Originally posted by diablo
http://sosuave.com/bible/bible.htm
Last updated: May 30, 2002.
Bet'cha not many of you still had that link.
And hey penkitten
nice to see you too I'm finally seeing people I recognize and that i'm "at home" again
.. back when there were only 30 or so regualrs.syncmaster
Master Don Juan
Oh wow ... the original sosuave.com website with the ugly clashing colors... I miss that so much
Looks like it changed to the current system at the end of oct 2004. Check out some of the original posts from the "ugly" website. Wow. This is surreal.
AH! The old front page!
Theres some other thread floating around here which made mention of it, and i couldn't remember it.
(although i was DEFINENTLY here for it)
looking back at that, I can remember it.
SELF-MASTERY
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wow u guys are ol skool, i was a mere lurker back in the beige days, the forum had more of a mystic feel back then.
“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.