You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
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.
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.
Hey BP, we're roughly on the same day for NC... If I could give any advice from my past breakups, really try not to internet stalk 'em. You'll tell yourself your just sating some curiosity, but you'll end up checking it over and over because it feeds your need for sliding up and down an emotional gradient with a girl.TeamBp said:Day 10
I've become pretty disgusted about what I saw on her twitter, but I'm having a hard time not looking. It causing pain but in a good way I can't believe I spent 2 years with this person and never knew she could stoop so low. I'm coming to the realization that I dodged a bullet, but then I can't help but think this her way of coping with what she's done. She hasn't tried to contact me on a personal level.
That's what i needed to hear Camel, thank you. I protected my tweets. Now it's just the will power to not pull her up. I deactivated my FB and I think she found out I was Twitter and decided she needed to get one too. As soon as I blocked her she disabled her account. I have to remember she's not my problem anymore.Swampcamel said:Hey BP, we're roughly on the same day for NC... If I could give any advice from my past breakups, really try not to internet stalk 'em. You'll tell yourself your just sating some curiosity, but you'll end up checking it over and over because it feeds your need for sliding up and down an emotional gradient with a girl.
My recent breakup, I haven't checked her FB since NC. She's popping up on my recent posts, and I'm having a hard time deleting her cause I know she'll take offense, but I know for as long as I have some sort of indirect contact with the living, breathing ex, even through the internet, my emotions will spin out every time that happens and I'll be losing focus on where I really want to get to. So, I know I gotta delete her soon. I'm personally waiting another week so that it slides more under the radar, but I'm not cruising FB at all in the meantime.
Truthfully, though, your situation sucks and is harder since your girl is crashing and burning it sounds like, and its much harder to not want to don a knight-in-shining-armor complex. But man, girls thrown in that... they won't let you be the ones to save them, and really, no dude can, because she won't pick that dude until she's hit rock bottom and wants to go back up again. It's probably a long ways away, but there'll be people around and available who care who'll be ready to pick her back up again. So don't worry too much, it's just a gross, ugly woman phase, some proverbial monster menstrual cycle. Even down to the drugs and demeaning sex.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
You dont need to delete her, just hide her from your newsfeed. I did this when I went NC with my ex 5 months ago and haven't seen anything from her since (although I know she is very active on FB).Swampcamel said:Hey BP, we're roughly on the same day for NC... If I could give any advice from my past breakups, really try not to internet stalk 'em. You'll tell yourself your just sating some curiosity, but you'll end up checking it over and over because it feeds your need for sliding up and down an emotional gradient with a girl.
My recent breakup, I haven't checked her FB since NC. She's popping up on my recent posts, and I'm having a hard time deleting her cause I know she'll take offense, but I know for as long as I have some sort of indirect contact with the living, breathing ex, even through the internet, my emotions will spin out every time that happens and I'll be losing focus on where I really want to get to. So, I know I gotta delete her soon. I'm personally waiting another week so that it slides more under the radar, but I'm not cruising FB at all in the meantime.
Play it cool brother. Act as though they aren't there smile laugh and have fun. Don't get mad at the guy though after all he didn't force her to leave she chose to. Be indifferent my mans if she speaks nod your head and keep it moving. -LoTeamBp said:Day 11
So I just found out the guy my ex left me for and who has been being a douchebag is going to be at the same SXSW party as I am. I'm contemplating beating his face in.
Someone help with some advice
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.
Dude if he knew she was with you i would monkey stomp his ****i** brains out on general princepal. Now if he didnot know thats a diffrent story. If you go to the party and he makes bold open moves on her i.e. kissing touching etc and hes directing them at you to try and rub it in your face rip his head off and shi* down his throat. I had a guy do that to me once and i tried being nice. I was in high scholl then "military school" and was home on leave. I was nice abt it but he kept on so i walked up to him and asked him to stop. he did what every beta does got in my face and acted like he was going to kiss me soi head butted him and broke his nose. Pulled my **** out and pisse* on him. then looked at my cheating ***** then back at the ******* on the ground kicked him once and walked away. Just dont break anybodys nose.TeamBp said:Day 11
So I just found out the guy my ex left me for and who has been being a douchebag is going to be at the same SXSW party as I am. I'm contemplating beating his face in.
Someone help with some advice
Mauser is right man just deactivate your FB and move to Twitter it's made these last two weeks a lot easier.Mauser96 said:Dap, why not just delete her? If she is on your friend's list, the urge to look and follow her will be there.
I deleted mine, and blocked her too. She WILL use FB to make you jealous, hurt and manipulate you. And she will get some friends in on the act too.
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.