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.
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.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
A Don Juan does not get pissed off easily. He is not hijacked by his emotions, yelling and blows off steam or kick the sh1t out of everyone. That is more a behaviour of a thug who wants to scare everyone. People do not respect him but fear him. It is only useful tactic if you hang alot on the "mean" streets and bad areas where you do need the mentality of a pitbull.Originally posted by Lost In Translation
5. Gets pissed off and isn’t afraid to show it
Agreed.Originally posted by Lost In Translation
A Don Juan does not get pissed off easily
but we live in a society where men play it too cool and tolerate too much $hit from women and other people
you have to stand up for yourself because no one else will
This is the definition of a gay or asexual man, not a DJ!Originally posted by Mr.De Beer
5.) He doesnt need woman to be happy
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.
I think the quote is just incomplete or needs a little bit of a fixing:Originally posted by Mr.De Beer
5.) He doesnt need woman to be happy