Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
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.
Luke Skywalker said:Looks okay I guess, but I've seen better.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Zero.The Logical Player said:what would you rate your own looks on a scale of 1 - 10?
You have to adjust your HB estimation on regional variances. For instance an HB 9 in Omaha, Nebraska would probably rate an HB 6 in Miami.OTB said:LOL, a Miami 8?
Is that cause all the girls in Miami look like that?![]()
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
That's kinda where I'm at; what's up with the buck teeth? I guess her parents couldn't afford orthodontics?Metaphysical said:she would be hot if she didn't have those big horse teeth
Wow Rollo, that's actually a reeeeeally good point you got there!Rollo Tomassi said:You have to adjust your HB estimation on regional variances. For instance an HB 9 in Omaha, Nebraska would probably rate an HB 6 in Miami.OTB said:LOL, a Miami 8?
Is that cause all the girls in Miami look like that?
This girl is very attractive, but no more so than most women I've seen in South Beach or Panama City. She'd get attention for sure, but she'd be a face in the crowd on Spring Break amongst the 8-9.5s
Wow DayGameGuy, I can't really imagine a more scientific breakdown of a girl's looks than that!daygameguy said:Hair: 2
Face: 2
Smile: 0
height: 0
Tits: 4
Total = 8.0
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.