baffledking
Don Juan
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Alone and broke, you say? "Great, I've got drinks at my place and room for two."
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.
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.
Your problem is that you are trying to get that particular girl, to do something that will impress her. The fact that she's being a brat when you don't give her her way (which is giving into her manipulations and getting nothing in return) should be your first sign that you want nothing to do with this woman.randomusername said:the worst is when they hint..once this girl said to me, "i'm thirsty".
I point at the bar and told her "yeah, I think you can order a water from the bartender".
she looked at me pissed and walked away.
I have bought a drink for girls before, but every time she had bought me at least a round too. Blind buying of drinks? hell no.
Damn, I should have used that but, she'd have to leave the this morning and not steal anything. I try to remember to lock up my valuables before I go out and I usually try to get it back to her place for sex not mine, if possible.baffledking said:Alone and broke, you say? "Great, I've got drinks at my place and room for two."
i never really thought much about it, it just happened when I was at a happy hour. i've got a good memory.Dynamic said:Your problem is that you are trying to get that particular girl, to do something that will impress her. The fact that she's being a brat when you don't give her her way (which is giving into her manipulations and getting nothing in return) should be your first sign that you want nothing to do with this woman.
I'm guessing that your game was weak that night anyway, most women don't try to manipulate a strong male presence. Your actions and that you are even thinking about it anymore are evidence.
Believe you can have any woman you want. Whatever it takes to do that... do it. Then you will consciously stay away from such women because you'll be too busy seducing the cream of the crop.
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.