"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
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"I just moved here from Florida."
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.
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I vote T h anksgi ving Eve as the best night of the year. I stuffed a few turkeys that way lol.
Some places throw a "I hate valentines day" event or some kind of singles event for the rest of us with out a girlfriends. I bartend and I know there will be at least a few good prospects at the bar tonight. So yea it's worth a shot
I'm going to see it with two buddies (one of whom has a girlfriend, by the way, but he knows how to set priorities) and we're going out for steak afterwards.
Who needs Valentine's Day?
"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking 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.
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
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.
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Honestly, my experience is that "easy lays on VD" is PUA myth. I was in denial before and trying to be positive lol.
Good try anyway OP!
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In Atlanta, if you're alone on Valentine's day, you will be the whole day. I just worked that day and made some extra money. The "singles" bars and clubs are sausagefests, and the women make sure they got somebody before the holiday.
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Yep. Most of these "score on VD" articles are on commercial pickup sites.nismo-4 said:
The articles are listed like this...
1. Looks don't matter.
2. Women prefer balding guys.
3. Money is a turnoff to women.
5. Valentines Day is the easiest day to score*.
*Be one of the first to get the VD Super Scoring interview with Mr. Iphuckonvalentinesday himself. I've simply never met a natural like him. He oozes confidence and you will too. Order now. There's only one left...
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
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.
Isn't it funny as society continues to degrade at a rapid pace, marriage is barely worth the certificate its written on......that women respond to outward symbols of *connection* with more and more demented fervor.nismo-4 said:
Love and loyalty is nonexistent yet women desperately seek men so as not to be 'alone' on holidays...its as though they are seeking a snow shovel or boots to weather a storm...no concern for the man himself he is merely a vehicle to *her* happiness....and just as a shovel when a man is worn or broken he is cast aside.
that women behave this way has been known for eons
that the state has aided this is a new factor
that few men have recognized the dire implications if this; his own disposability in the modern context is startling.
I suppose at their core modern men are profoundly weak....forever seeking a mother figure/sex toy to assuage their loneliness and bind them in wage slavery
I'm signing up for dance lessons though. If for nothing else that I can go dance without worrying about **** on Fri/Sat nights. I'm thinking country lessons since I live in Texas.
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Dance lessons are excellent. I highly recommend it. I take dance classes too: ballroom and hustle. The style of dance doesn't matter much. It's a personal choice. No doubt, anything related to country would work well in your area.coachD said:
Just be VERY patient. It takes time for it to really sink in. Let's say the beginner's course is a month long... It's not a bad idea to go through it a few times before moving up.