Cerwin Vega
Master Don Juan
Don't reply. Your princess is in another castle man!
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.
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.
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.
J4m1e said:Hi guys,
First day of my no contact period is today and I'm looking for some advice.
Complicated situation as most relationships are. I dated this girl a couple of years back but it wasn't for me and I left her pretty sharply. Unknown to me but it hit her hard and she suffered with depression over the break and seeing my subsequent behaviour with other girls over Facebook etc.
She takes another relationship as a rebound moves in with him and it eventually falls apart at her will but she suffers over this also.
We reconnected about a year ago through music. We played together in a ska band. We have ended up living round the corner to each other and became really close that she tried to hide her previous hurt and make another relationship.
Being the fool I am I never fed her the compliments and security she needed, instead playing jack the lad and making comments that she perceived as cruel. She has now chosen to end our relationship because she does not trust how I feel about her. I know she cares for me and finds me attractive it's purely a protection issue.
Consequently I have realised how much she means to me. I am unreservedly in love.
She is already dating someone else. Much older (which I think she connects to a father figure, as her father is very ill with dementia and is lost to her in kind). She has stayed at his, him at hers.
I've been through the pleading to no avail. She is stubborn.
I drop her a letter stating "as tragic as it is for my heart you will pleased to hear that I have accepted that our old relationship is over. We both needs some time apart to understand our hearts and get our heads straight. I hope your barbering course goes well xxx". Get a text that night saying "I got your note. I understand". Be strong! I don't respond.
My first day of no contact and she just sends me another message. "I just want to check - you're not leaving town are you? Xx"
I'm not sure that I should ignore it because it's rude. Thinking of responding "I need to do what's right for me now".
Advice please guys. I need to do this right as I want her back in my life because I know we can be good for each other if the trust issues can be worked out.
Thanks, J
Yeah I guess so. I wish I could just switch everything off in a press of a button.Shaka said:that she is not over you, but you shouldn't care.
Stay strong my friend
Q: When does a woman ever not want to talk about anything?CerwinVegaFan said:she said we broke up and prefers not to talk about it.
What the fck does that mean?
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 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.
from experience, i think you should have listened to the advice from these good men above. am a gal and in this case, of you just didn't reply, she will stay worried and min most cases want you back. anyways, stay strongJ4m1e said:Ok, so that didn't go well.
She responds to my text, hinting that it isn't easy for her and I fall back into explaining and pleading which returns a just accept it response.
Back to square one.
That's it now for sure. Time to move on boy!
Day one again tomorrow.
Please post it in the Tips section. Really nice readMr. Kalikoat said:Day 54:
In the meantime I was browsing on the Roosh V forum and found this:
http://www.rooshvforum.com/thread-37284.html
I advice everyone in here to read this before looking for a new girlfriend. It´s a real eye opener. Christian McQueen is a good man.
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.