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.
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.
ThisJokerlsk said:I've been feeling really bad the past week, sickness wise, and yesterday we played spin the bottle and truth or dare. The truth of the matter is that things didn't turn out my way, but my friend, who is more attractive, funnier, etc. actually did get to kiss the girl I'm interested in. It sorta felt weird to be honest. Like a mixture of jealousy and the sickness I've been feeling lately.
I hate the way my friends view me. They view me as this non-sexual, innocent, guy. You know, I'm gonna be honest. I usually don't let things get to me, but that **** ate me up inside. I haven't felt that way in a long time. I couldn't even sleep. You know? Why can't people view me in a better way? I'm tired of this, "Well, I could kiss Jokerslsk, but he wouldn't let me." I'm going to hear stuff like this my entire lifetime. Yeah, I am afraid, and I can admit that. I'm afraid of a bunch of things, and I shouldn't be. Even when it's right in front of me. I can't just go out and say, "**** it!" because i care TOO much. I genuinely care about people. I couldn't ever be a player, man *****, etc. But my friends, they view me as the complete opposite as that. They say I'm going to live in a monastery and be the actual 40 year virgin.... All joking of course, but still
I really, really, really, feel like absolute **** right now. I feel betrayed and it's like I've actually been hurt. Wow.
Moping around asking why this and that...wishing for something isn't going to do jack. You can make it stop in the instance you read this message. Look at things in the 3rd person to better grasp where you need to improve. Keep your head up, do your best hope for everything and expect NOTHING. As to not let yourself down.Jokerlsk said:This
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.
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 posted this earlier in this thread:JokerIsk said:A lot of it was out of a jealous rage.
It sounds like now you're the one being the jealous friend, and while you're not c*ckblocking him I'm sure you'd love to. You need to get your sh!t sorted because if you're going to get mad at your friend because he's hooking up with a girl that you failed at then that's your problem and it's not right to take it out on him or anybody else like you did.Me said:If your friend likes this girl, and is her "best friend" then he is not going to get anything from this girl. She views him as a friend at best and as someone she can order around and take advantage of at worst. She is not going to do anything with him.
Your friend is a complete AFC. You can try waking him up to the fact that it's not going to happen, but it sounds like he's too far gone and will just get hostile to that. If he's that far gone then I would just go for the girl anyways, because your friend is the one who has the problem and not you, and your friend is the one c*ckblocking you (the guy who still has a chance), and that is not cool. I'm all for bros before hos but when your "bros" start stepping on your **** and c*ckblocking you they're not your bro anymore.
With that being said, you'd have to accept the fact that you could lose your friend over this. My opinion, as I said before, is that I would go for it because I wouldn't want to be friends with someone that does that. Worst case scenario he'll stop being your friend, best case scenario he doesn't give a ****, but what will probably happen is that he'll get pissed off and then get over it eventually.
But like I said, you have to be prepared to take that risk. That's your decision. I say go for it.
Details?JokerIsk said:He slapped me in the face... and that's what really set me off.
I was on the verge of beating his ass
You get treated how you do because of how you feel about yourself.JokerIsk said:And i'm not embarrassed by my sexual needs. It's just, people assume i am. I don't know how to describe it, but it's like I'm forced into the role that they GIVE ME, and I'm about ****ing fed up with it, because NO ONE can tell me who I am. I'm so tired of it.
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.
Jokerlsk said:He said I was a little *****
and i said, "What was that? Get the **** out of your mouth and speak up."
And he said, "haha, that was a good one."
and i siad, "haha, that's what someone says when they get ***** slapped."
and he was like, "What did you say?"
and i said, "Sorry, you still haven't gotten the **** out of your mouth yet. Speak up *****."
and then he walked over and slapped me, and I grabbed his shirt and threw him against the wall. I pretty much told him if he ever touched me again i would beat the **** out of him.
THen he said, "Whoah man calm down."
And i said, "If you're gonna slap like a *****, i'm gonna treat you like a *****. Get out of my face."
WHYYYjokerlsk said:I texted her saying, "Hey, i'm gonna call you, okay?" and she said, "Sure.." so I called her. And we talked for 2hrs on the phone. I apologized for the way I was acting
Eaglez and Brighty, I think the OP might have "accidentally" changed the story in such a way that it seems like he defended himself.eaglez1177 said:Wow this thread is really startin to confuse me...like brighty said, that just doenst seem like jokerlsk at all...people dont just go from completely reserved nice guys to complete and total douchebags.
You can skip the expensive cars, the fancy clothes, and the endless gym selfies. Completely unnecessary.
I used to freeze the second a beautiful woman looked my way. Frustrated. Awkward. Watching other guys walk away with the girl while I stood there tongue-tied.
Then I discovered 22 simple rules that rewired my entire dating life. The anxiety vanished. Conversations flowed effortlessly. Women started chasing me for a change.
These rules trigger a woman's subconscious attraction switches. And you can start using them tonight.