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.
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.
Thanks. I think the Holy DJ Bible needs to be updated to balance the current technological developments.WestCoaster said:Before caller I.D., I was of the opinion of leaving no message. Now they know you called either way and if you don't leave a message, it's kind of creepy.
I leave a short message, that's it.
Caller I.D. changed the whole phone game, IMO.
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
Read the DJV Bible, you'll notice this passage is written clearly in there. I'm not making it up.grinder said:You said:
"I know many people here preach against leaving messages the first time you call her but what happens if the girl never return your call later? Do we call her back, hoping she'll pick-up and if not, leave a message?"
Answer: NO. Not only NO, but HELL NO!
Thanks.Maximus_Decimus said:BTW Amoka, when you get better at the game, you will realize the DJ Bible may not be the best source of material available. Rather than reading the DJ Bible and taking the information in "blindly," use your own head and think through whether the information in the DJ Bible is good information or poor information.
Being able to analyze information on your own and learning from it is more important than vacuuming up information "blindly." You may meet men out there that are very good at picking up women ... unless they are close friends of yours, they likely won't tell you how they are doing it. It's up to you to figure out what makes them "tick" and why they are so successful.
Maximus_Decimus
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.
I"m a little surprised too since I didn't do the the phone call too smooth. But I had the supreme phone close, another dude started hitting on her and I thought my chances were shot, but no thats AFC thinking, I went up, interupted them and told her she better give me her number right now because I was leaving. Later that week, my bud saw her out at the bars and she asked about me. So I didn't worry so much about the phone game as just wanting to get a hold of her. I'll let you know how it pans out, Friday I'll call her and tell her where I'll be, she will follow. She knows where its at.tmpgstx said:...
Rocky, i'm surprised this younger girl called you back. You were acting very passively and most girls in this age group i know wouldn't have texted you back.
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Bravo!tmpgstx said:...When you call and leave a message not asking her to call you back, the reason you're not asking her to call you back, is to protect your own ego.
You're already setting yourself up for failure because you're feeling she really won't call you back, you're just hoping against hope that she will....
It's just that simple.XFactor said:I leave a brief message and only call once, not only because she may have caller ID anyway but if shes really keen on you she will call you back! And if she doesn't call you back..... Next.