Naughty Ninja
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How many of you have seen or known a "hottie" from the past who now looks like crap? Ever been in "love" with the "perfect" woman from afar or in real life and seen her years later and thought to yourself: "WTF was I thinking?!"
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
Ain't that the truth. You should see all my co-workers' wives. Ugh. I'll say under my breath, "Is This your Wife!?" - signed, Happily Singlespinaroonie said:Men age like wine.
Women age like milk.
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.
You were thinking that you wanted to bang her when she was in her 'hot' stage , and now her "inner beauty" doesn't get you hard?Naughty Ninja said:How many of you have seen or known a "hottie" from the past who now looks like crap? Ever been in "love" with the "perfect" woman from afar or in real life and seen her years later and thought to yourself: "WTF was I thinking?!"
the ugly ducklings...zekko said:I remember several girls in high school who were considered ugs, but then a few years later transformed into some pretty smoking hot babes.
I've actually been going out with someone just LIKE THIS.zekko said:This works in reverse too.
I remember several girls in high school who were considered ugs, but then a few years later transformed into some pretty smoking hot babes. Meanwhile, the cheeleader who was the prettiest girl in school had put on major pounds and blimped out. Sometimes life has a funny way of evening things out.
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.
Naughty Ninja said:The point of this thread is what you may have thought was a diamond as far as looks in the past may be just a lump of coal.
That is if you only care about looks. Like other posters said this can work in reverse. Get to know women before you put the pvssy on a pedestal or decide they aren't up to your 'looks' standards.
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.
actionjaxson said:most of the time its ugly girls that turn hot but theres a few hot girls from back in the day that are trash now.