sexyfaceme
Don Juan
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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.
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.
Thanks.sexyfaceme said:
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.
I wasn't trying to say he is unreasonable by any means, notice the smiley face in my post.Atom Smasher said:He strikes me as the very model of a reasonable man, even though I might disagree with him on a minor point here or there. I say that just from his writings as I haven't listened to the recording yet.
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.
that's a good one.ThunderMaverick said:Hey guys! So i was thinking about this post being on of the topics we discuss on saturday:
http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=187546 (by MaddXMan)
a guy who's been with a divorced woman for 4 months totally turns around and admits to wanting to date another man. What could be there reasons?
i don't think you have to read the whole thread aloud... i think just introduce the thread name (everyone has already read it ) and discuss the idealistics of the returning fox.ThunderMaverick said:Oh thanks pen! That's a great one to talk aboutIt's very wordy but I think I can read it to everyone!
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.
i encourage you to help with a list of topics that you would like to see.Buddha_Mind said:Re: subjects -- yes maybe some discussion of tips for some of the common problems many men here face (how about moving on post-break-up) or how about some discussion around the sort of behavior we ought to respect or "red-flag" behavior (differentiate between a woman worth investing more in vs. a woman dropping)...or help some guys here better understand how they can change themselves to really become high value as individuals...just my $.02! Appreciate all you guys are doing and all the effort and time you place to help others!