Tictac
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It's not a tactic. It's called getting over yourself.what specific tactic should I use to minimize my caring anymore?
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
It's not a tactic. It's called getting over yourself.what specific tactic should I use to minimize my caring anymore?
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Apart from it? That IS the answer.The only pressing issue now is the very high chance that one of my friends will sleep with her; it'd be rubbed in my face and would devestate me, all logic aside. Apart from game as many women as possible, what specific tactic should I use to minimize my caring anymore?
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.
She's only doing the BS cause she knows it would effect you.Thanks for all the replies guys. It's funny because I knew exactly how bad all my mistakes were before I even made them, yet I went ahead and made them anyway. Why? I can't say. It must have been the oneitis, which logically shouldn't have happened, frazzling my circuits. One or two things did prevent me from making a bolder move at the start (end of January/early February); she was my student not at home, unofficially, but in a private school, and I didn't wanna, again, s**t where I was eating (I'd literally just started there too). I didn't even care much for her yet at that point, but I felt she'd be good practice (in hindsight: ahahahah). I was also acutely aware of havng no car to go out in yet (fixed in March) which lowered my confidence.
It's true that I had her chasing me (for "friendship" in any case) a couple weeks back to hang out in a group, whereas now she's both screwing my friend (now confirmed- he's trying to keep it a secret but he won't manage; he's way too open) and laughing at me quite openly, so I've heard. I had at least saved face and preserved my dignity by ignoring her, but there's no way I'd have guessed what a two-faced b**ch she turned out to be when I did eventually reply. So now I don't even want revenge anymore (getting with one of her other friends and sending her pictures galore, would have been cool) and just want her gone, away (she will in a month or so). Avoiding her in the meantime isn't gonna be wasy as she spends her time with my friend and he's often around.
Anyway. whilst the affront to my manhood is severe ("There's no chance, nothing can happen, I respect you only as a friend, blah blah blah OH YEAH by the way I'm gonna f**k your friends now just to screw with you") it's something I'll get over if I meet as many women as possible and maybe hunt for a better job too.
Whilst it's tempting to blame only myself, it isn't casting all women in the best light if we automatically excuse their contradictory behaviour because "she's a woman and can't help it". Men are held accountable for their lies and women should be too. It certainly wouldn't have hurt her to say "I don't find you attractive, stop asking me out" instead of playing miss goody two shoes whilst actually being a sl*t.Until you stop blaming her for the way you handled things, see her as "a two faced *****" and 'what she did to you' as an "affront to your manhood", you haven't learned a single thing out of this.
Revenge is an absolute waste of your time and life, especially for petty bullsh*t like this.Revenge is served cold though and I'll have to seriously apply myself if I want to get with her friend in the near future
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.
That is entirely up to you. She has nothing to do with it.The desire for "revenge" will cool once the whole sorry episode is behind me.
WHAT? You wanna ditch your friend and forgive her !!???My friend knew the score and will receive no further contact from me.
Edit: So I should forgive her for her duplicity?
Revenge, forgiveness. Is your life an episode of "A Game of Thrones"? She couldn't care less about your forgiveness. Your 'revenge' might provide you, her and your friend a cheap laugh or two, mostly them.My friend knew the score and will receive no further contact from me.
Edit: So I should forgive her for her duplicity?
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Oh please. Did he pour alcohol down her throat?Never seen GOT. Partial to The Sopranos though.
He didn't steal her as she wasn't mine to be stolen from, not that it would have stopped him anyway. He got her drunk and did her in his car the way he did her friend. A classy dude.
Is it wrong to find taking advantage of a drunk girl unethical?
Lol....don't be mad at anyone but yourself...you blew it, plain and simple by having no game and no guts to escalate sexually. Instead of being mad at your friend you should learn from him. He's the one getting laid, you aren't.Preaching to the choir at this point. Through it all though I was filled with rage when I saw his car tonight, and was told by friends she was with him, riding around at his whim when she wouldn't give me the time of day. It enfuriates me. Let's leave it at that.
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.