"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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Pull mode and normal mode

Eternal_water

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One mistake I make is giving myself pull mode and normal mode.

In normal mode I'm focusing on having fun and not even thinking about picking up.

In pull mode I aim to pick up and I tense up.


In normal mode I sometimes get IOI's and I don't register them untill ages afterwards.

I was out last night with some old friends, we were one chair short, I see a good looking woman sitting on her own with a drink with about 5 empty chairs around her, I casually go over and ask if they are taken.

She is looked 28ish, I'm 21 but shes giving IOI's like full eye contact, a come and talk with me smile, tilting her head to one side curling her hair through her fingers, laughing even though what I said wasn't funny etc.

I said thanks, took the chair and left. She was sat on her own for quite a while longer and eventually left. I didn't even register IOI's untill today, I hadn't gone over there to pick her up so much as pick a chair up so I didn't even realise.

(not that I would have known how to open anyway - any ideas anyone?)

Then we go into the club, there were 4 in our group, me and 3 girls. I thought "hello social proof" Pull mode on. Didn't get any IOI's for the rest of the night.
 

"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.

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Fly By Night

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You answered your own question: You tense up.

Let me tell you a story:
In high school, I was on the bus with my bros and we were lmfao'ing and joking around. Eventually, the hilarity attracted nearby girls that we starting talking to. I decided to continue joking around with one of them because I was already comfortable from laughing. (the chemicals you release from laughter do wonders) I did up front flirty things like calling her cute, sitting next to her, hugging her, etc. The next day she asked if I wanted to go out with her sometime (like a date).

The point of this story is that, your game has to be natural. I never even knew PUA's existed back then and I was doing great with them because I was calm, relaxed, and most importantly, sexual with them. And don't forget to have FUN.
 

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Fly By Night said:
You answered your own question: You tense up.

Let me tell you a story:
In high school, I was on the bus with my bros and we were lmfao'ing and joking around. Eventually, the hilarity attracted nearby girls that we starting talking to. I decided to continue joking around with one of them because I was already comfortable from laughing. (the chemicals you release from laughter do wonders) I did up front flirty things like calling her cute, sitting next to her, hugging her, etc. The next day she asked if I wanted to go out with her sometime (like a date).

The point of this story is that, your game has to be natural. I never even knew PUA's existed back then and I was doing great with them because I was calm, relaxed, and most importantly, sexual with them. And don't forget to have FUN.

thats right there +1
 

Mike32ct

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I can relate. When I'm not in pull mode or game mode, I get more IOIs but I don't realize them until later because it's the farthest thing from my mind.

There is nothing more confident than a guy that isn't trying to pick up women.
 

Zerro

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That's why I've been training myself not to have a pull mode and instead pay attention at all times.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

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.

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