comic_relief
Master Don Juan
This clutters the forum and is just becoming plane old annoying. Post if you feel it is beginnig to get annoying. Let your voice be heard!
comic_relief
comic_relief
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.
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.
Read my mind.Francisco d'Anconia said:Like I said and others said before me, if they believe that looks is the be all and end all to sarging, why spam a forum that focuses on social interaction?![]()
:cheer: Hallelujah :cheer:mr_elor said:..We should be helping each other out, not trying to put people off with discouraging posts.
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.
Scrumtulescence said:Deadlifts. Crabs in a barrel. etc. ....wait what thread is this again?
We can only hope... :nervous:Deus ex Pianoforte said:...I think we can look forward to a 99% drop in looks threads.
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.
The posts that say "looks are required" are not evil posts that put people off and discourage them. THis is a big misconception you people are making out of them. THey are actually helping people. Providing someone with true information will really help them out if theyre stuck with innacurate information.mr_elor said:Amen, I think we should get back to what this forum was designed for in the first place.
We should be helping each other out, not trying to put people off with discouraging posts.
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.
Out of curiosity, beyond the initial attraction, how long do these women hang around after finding out your "zero game," lack of funds, having a roommate and the rest of your self description?Tazman said:I'm a pretty reserved guy, I don't go out cold approaching or anything and I have "zero" game (as far as being smooth and talking to women I don't know). I don't have a lot of money, I love video games and I'm living in a small apartment with a roomate. Yet, there are women out there who are attracted to me.
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.