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
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.
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.
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.
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near 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.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
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 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.
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.
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.