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.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
married ex... move on... shes kinda off the market.Thugo said:What does it mean if an ex girl you want back is taken now (married) but wont tell you to go away and leave her alone? She just doesnt reply to emails? I asked to to just tell me to go away and I will but she won't.
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.
Brando SC said:You messed it up man. So is life. You'll move on. My advice to you is to just stop worrying about her so much. Just forget her. Don't try to talk to her anymore, if she still wanted to be with you she wouldn't have gotten married. Face it where do you want to end up? Do you want to be happily married to some girl who is probably a lot better than her anyway, or do you want to waste your life pining and being miserable over this married girl who it's just not going to work out with. If it was supposed to work out, it would've worked out. It didn't, so now you just have to move on, and find the better option. I've had a similar situation. Best of luck to you man.
No she is not. You are throwing that garbage in your own head. You're dellusional. Take a break.Thugo said:and she is making me think she might still love me a little..
TillTheEndOfTime said:No she is not. You are throwing that garbage in your own head. You're dellusional. Take a break.
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.
lildevil said:I know for a fact that getting dumped feels bad.I have gotten dumped you know what it i took it to far i asked her why i wasnt good for her i told her i would do anything just to be with her.I would call her she wouldn't answer the cell phone until one day her boyfriend answered and asked me why i was talking to his girl and i got very mad.The next day i went to school i found her a lone and started arguing with her and then i just got very angry and my first instinct was to punch her and i saw her fall to the ground witch didnt feel so bad at the time but.It all ended with a restraining order and the times i would see her i and feel bad i couldnt even look at her.
Now i dont go for one girl now i go for more than one just to have backups and it never m,akes me needy.You can find hot chicks anywhere....
look buddy theres fourrrrrrrrrrrrrr billion women in this planet.One of them is the girl of your dreams.
look you might think that shes the perfect one that got away but shes not. There could be someone that might like you and since you are all to caught up with this chick and just because you dont see to much going on doesnt mean no one likes you.
Just keep looking....
Then why is she STILL MARRIED TO THE GUY?what if she's not truly happy in her marriage? ...its like the kid she loves not the guy
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
She asked me not to call her house because it upsets her husaband. I obeyed her and never called her but she wont reply to my emails.Phyzzle said:Then why is she STILL MARRIED TO THE GUY?
I dare you to ask her that. (I'm thinking you won't the guts to.)
lildevil said:thats all for me today ...PEACE OUT EVERYBODY.....Thugo one girl is not worth it...
That's ******** for "NO!!"she wont reply to my emails.
Yes, because you expect woman to speak english. Real women don't.am i being delusional?
Knock yourself out, bud. Sounds like fun.will email her until I am blue in the face until I get a LEAVE ME ALONE from her!
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.