I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
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.
I still have bad periods of time. It used to be days. Now its just hours before I can snap myself out of it. I was dumped roughly seven months ago. I am making good progress. You will tooDay 15
Have been feeling really good the last 2-3 days but today is one of the bad days..I was expecting this to happen though so all good..
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.
Indifference is your friend. Until you take no notice whatever, she's in your head.I cant believe it. Saw her again at the mall. I was buying some steaks to eat, and she was waiting at the other fast food store. We noticed eachother but didnt have eye to eye contact. I didnt approach her nor did she.
I didnt actually avoid her..i would have said hi or something but why should i approach her first ? that means nc rule is broken right ?Indifference is your friend. Until you take no notice whatever, she's in your head.
You should be able to talk with her like anyone else you know. Instead, you're avoiding her and acting like a beat puppy.
Sure. But you don't have to run, hide or look at her from behind the bushes.I didnt actually avoid her..i would have said hi or something but why should i approach her first ? that means nc rule is broken right ?
You are already on day 18 man and doing pretty well. The pain is just your body flushing out the toxins. Embrace it but don't overindulge in thoughts. Remember how you felt when you were in the gym?Day 18
Im in fvcking hell right now. 17 days of happiness, and today on the 18th i am burning. Atm, i am sitting in my car with tears on my face. Cant help myself and stop crying. I am right in front of the swimming pool where we once were, and have some great memories from back then. Everything its fvcking different now. Shouldnt have met her yesterday. That shocked me as god damn hell. Dont have anything else to say. Tonight i got a first date with a girl a met few days ago. At least i dont wanna fvck that up. Its inevitable that i will see my ex again as she lives 300 meters away and goes the same paths that i do. God this hurts.
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.
Yeah I remember...stalked her on fb and instagram for a bit now...god it hurts. But i wont contact her, she doesn't deserves me.You are already on day 18 man and doing pretty well. The pain is just your body flushing out the toxins. Embrace it but don't overindulge in thoughts. Remember how you felt when you were in the gym?
I would definitely ask her out if I was you. The relationship between you and ur ex is OVER. It is not of your concern of ur exs opinion. Be Chad remember?? Like the Chad who I was gym friends with, and only after 2 weeks of separation with my ex, he ****ed her without him or her giving **** about me. Thats the guy who wins at life. Be like him and ask her out.Day 17
Didn't want to start a new thread for this question so here goes..
There's a girl in my ex gf's social circle of young Doctors who happens to play in my volleyball team. I want to ask her out for a drink but not sure if it's appropriate seeings as she is social with my ex. I just really want to bang her..... Thoughts?
Ask her out. See what happens.Day 17
Didn't want to start a new thread for this question so here goes..
There's a girl in my ex gf's social circle of young Doctors who happens to play in my volleyball team. I want to ask her out for a drink but not sure if it's appropriate seeings as she is social with my ex. I just really want to bang her..... Thoughts?
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.
Welcome to red pill. I think every guy needs or will at some point in their life undergo this disillusion with life. I went through the same thing about 6 months ago. Was with plenty of women in my life then caught oneitis for a virgin for 3+ years. Unconsciously thought she was NAWALT, was disillusioned during the breakup. Just give it time and you'll recover entirely from this. Develop yourself while you recover to keep yourself busy.DAY 20
Last night went out with 6 girl friends and one potential plate for a drink at a bar. I had an amazing time, my confidence was at a very high level and I was very nonchalant,funny,charming- basically yesterday I was alpha as fvck. Ofc that one potential plate, hooked up with her, she couldnt get her hands off my d1ck as she was so horny about me. She loved every second that she spent in my company. In fact, everybody loved my company last night.
Enough for yesterday, lets talk about today. As usual, i still have dreams about my ex every night. Waking up every fvcking morning thinking about her. Everyday im trying to apply that alpha mentality where i can control my thoughts and emotions and most of the time it actually works, but today thats maybe not the case. Feeling some strong pain in my chest today as thoughts are coming up where I might see her these days with someone else. Wouldnt know how to react in that kind of situation because i know that i will be filled over with emotions and pain.
Almost 50 days since the break up, and as I said 20 days since last contact, things are getting better i must admit. I also found out some nasty stuff about her past, what she did to her ex boyfriend before me, and I can truly say that this girl at least back then was a SL*T! That's why she is branch swinging now with ease.
But the most painful thing that bothers me isnt that she left me for another guy, or that im jealous now, or that i miss her or that i cant fvck her anymore.. The most painful thing is that I THOUGHT I KNEW THIS GIRL. I was so convinced in that naive and calm and loving personality that she showed and couldnt even open my eyes even if i wanted to. I had some opinions about her, some beliefs that back then i thought that would never change and that are very true and realistic. And now everything falls into water. The person I thought i knew, the person i idealized and the person i honestly loved with all of my heart and all of my soul and body, just isnt real and true. And that's what sucks the most.
I dont have anything else to say really..if some1 wants to reply to give me some valuable opinion, be my guest, if not, its all good.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.