BannedGod
Senior Don Juan
I'm meeting this chick tonight but I don't have any condoms, didn't have the chance to buy any. Is sex without dangerous? or are aids over-hyped?
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.
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.
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.
I came in here to say that.armadon said:I don't get it, You are typing on the computer instead of buying condoms. Takes like 3 minutes to run into the store and buy some.
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.
Do you really get tons of free condoms there?zerocelcius said:Get them for free!
Go to the Family Planning or a clinic. They will give you a smorgasbord of goodies.
ALWAYS USE A CONDOM!!!!!!!BannedGod said:I'm meeting this chick tonight but I don't have any condoms, didn't have the chance to buy any. Is sex without dangerous? or are aids over-hyped?
1) Yes, it can be. 2) Aid's over hyped? No. Neither is any of the other STD's that you could very well get/give.BannedGod said:I'm meeting this chick tonight but I don't have any condoms, didn't have the chance to buy any. Is sex without dangerous? or are aids over-hyped?
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.
she wouldn't be pregnant if you had pulled out .Moofahsa said:I can't get off with condoms, I dont' go soft or anything but I just can't bust off.
Anyway, I have only had sex with girls I trust and know and that are on the pill. I do not pull out.
Well one night I got drunk and slept with a questionable girl, come march she is supposed to be having my kid. I'll findout then I guess.
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.