Mertz09
Senior Don Juan
So if she sh$t test you after you have known her for a few months. What do you think? Does it go on forever??
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
it will go on until it does not affect you. if the event can get past your filter and activate your emotion it will continue; forever. when the event happens process it logically. do not pass it through to your emotion unless you choose to do so.So if she sh$t test you after you have known her for a few months. What do you think? Does it go on forever??
It means she has questions about what you present yourself as versus what she sees by your actions and is working on trying to figure that out.So if she sh$t test you after you have known her for a few months. What do you think? Does it go on forever??
Can you give this a little context? In other words, what happened specifically?So if she sh$t test you after you have known her for a few months. What do you think? Does it go on forever??
I’m still trying to figure it out . AKA a **** test LOLCan you give this a little context? In other words, what happened specifically?
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.
Hey Mertz no one is asking you to figure it out. The forum can help with that.I’m still trying to figure it out . AKA a **** test LOL
What is causing your gut to feel like something is the matter, what behavior?I’m still trying to figure it out . AKA a **** test LOL
YepDoes it go on forever??
I am identifying successfully and I ignore them. My response is "no problem" and nothing else.Are you saying you're not successfully identifying them when they occur? Or perhaps you know they're happening and are unsure on different ways to 'pass' them?
Whatever you do, do NOT go about these s tests in a manner prescribed in the silly book "Way of the superior man."
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.
Yes, Not really a big deal but not her normal responsiveness. I was supposed to help her for a while this Saturday at her house and she sent me text and said she would be home around 1:00, and then at around 1:30 she text that she now would be home at around 2:30. Not a big deal but then at around 5:30 I had not heard from her so I text and ask if she was home yet and her response was that she was but she was getting ready to go out with some girl friends (this is not unusual) and could we get together tomorrow (Sunday) yesterday. My response was "No Problem" The thing that P!ssed me off was that she did not tell me earlier on Saturday. I never heard from her yesterday and I did not reach out to her. So this morning she text me from work "Sorry I had a busy weekend. Lets try to get together sometime"Hey Mertz no one is asking you to figure it out. The forum can help with that.
But first, it must have been something she did or said that led you to believe or suspect she may have been shyt testing you?
What was it?
That’s how relationships work. The tests don’t just disappear because you’ve known her for a few months. You go through a comfort test, a **** test, meet up, and then the cycle repeats, sometimes in the same order, sometimes differently.So if she sh$t test you after you have known her for a few months. What do you think? Does it go on forever??
That is not a **** test. That is simply a change in her level of interest or priorities, but I see it as a test of boundaries. The distinction is that a **** test is meant to provoke a reaction, whereas a boundary is about how you respond to behavior that you don't want to accept. Basically, the boundary here is that you don't want to accept someone making plans with you, failing to communicate a change, and then treating your time as if it is unimportant.Yes, Not really a big deal but not her normal responsiveness. I was supposed to help her for a while this Saturday at her house and she sent me text and said she would be home around 1:00, and then at around 1:30 she text that she now would be home at around 2:30. Not a big deal but then at around 5:30 I had not heard from her so I text and ask if she was home yet and her response was that she was but she was getting ready to go out with some girl friends (this is not unusual) and could we get together tomorrow (Sunday) yesterday. My response was "No Problem" The thing that P!ssed me off was that she did not tell me earlier on Saturday. I never heard from her yesterday and I did not reach out to her. So this morning she text me from work "Sorry I had a busy weekend. Lets try to get together sometime"
I have not responded and may not at all.
That is a shyt test in my opinion.
agree - time for some silence and distanceBasically, the boundary here is that you don't want to accept someone making plans with you, failing to communicate a change, and then treating your time as if it is unimportant.
This is not a sh!t test. This girl blew you off. But you failed yourself by saying "no problem" to something that "pissed you off" and letting it progress. You obviously aren't a priority nor does she show much respect, and you certainly didn't demand any.Yes, Not really a big deal but not her normal responsiveness. I was supposed to help her for a while this Saturday at her house and she sent me text and said she would be home around 1:00, and then at around 1:30 she text that she now would be home at around 2:30. Not a big deal but then at around 5:30 I had not heard from her so I text and ask if she was home yet and her response was that she was but she was getting ready to go out with some girl friends (this is not unusual) and could we get together tomorrow (Sunday) yesterday. My response was "No Problem" The thing that P!ssed me off was that she did not tell me earlier on Saturday. I never heard from her yesterday and I did not reach out to her. So this morning she text me from work "Sorry I had a busy weekend. Lets try to get together sometime"
I have not responded and may not at all.
That is a shyt test in my opinion.
This is not a sh!t test. This girl blew you off. But you failed yourself by saying "no problem" to something that "pissed you off" and letting it progress. You obviously aren't a priority nor does she show much respect, and you certainly didn't demand any.
Here's how I would of handled this:
Her: I'll be home around 1:00
Me: Ok, text me when you get there and I'll head that way.
Her: It's going to be more like 2:30. (text sent at 1:30)
Me: Maybe another time, I have things I need to get done.
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.
Silence and distance means you don’t say this. Just let it fade off. She will come around and want to know where you went once she realizes you stopped hanging on her every word."Okay, I'll get back to you"
Yes Divorced w 3, You are correct, I will not respond at all.Silence and distance means you don’t say this. Just let it fade off. She will come around and want to know where you went once she realizes you stopped hanging on her every word.
Go work out. Get busier at the office. See friends. Meet another woman. You’ll shock yourself how good you feel.Yes Divorced w 3, You are correct, I will not respond at all.
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.