And this assumption comes from the same place as when you assume that god exist, or something more credible?Originally posted by Devestator
I assume s(he) would know a thing or two about men.
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.
And this assumption comes from the same place as when you assume that god exist, or something more credible?Originally posted by Devestator
I assume s(he) would know a thing or two about men.
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.
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.
Women like these books because they invoke in them the true motivations behind their attraction. Women fantasize about taking the "Challenging Bad boy/Jerk" and capturing him for a relationship.Originally posted by Rollo Tomassi
I was at Barnes & Noble picking around in the psychology section and I swear to God every prominently displayed book title in the section was, "How to turn him into Mr. Right", "Fix Him", "Fixerupper", "12 steps to getting him to commit", and "Why men are bad and need you to correct their thinking" or some sh!t to that effect.
Um, yeah,..heh,..Originally posted by penkitten
if they were smart women,...
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.
Had a look at the rules and they may be good for attracting AFCs. They ain't gonna with with any DJ and as anti-dump said: when two people are using tactics the answer is simple: She always loses and you move on. For a tactic to work, only one of them has to use one.Originally posted by Rollo Tomassi
This only irritated me because last weekend I was at Barnes & Noble picking around in the psychology section and I swear to God every prominently displayed book title in the section was, "How to turn him into Mr. Right", "Fix Him", "Fixerupper", "12 steps to getting him to commit", and "Why men are bad and need you to correct their thinking" or some sh!t to that effect. I wonder how quick I could get a book published titled "Put her off Forever" or "How to get that fat b!tch into the gym and fvck you like a porn star withouth marrying her" ? It's basically the same friggin' thing they're selling. [/B]
WHAT A CROCK OF SHYT! What kind of stupid punk-ass would make a life commitment to a woman he's known for only a year?8
If you've followed The Rules, your man probably loves you and wants to marry you. Your problem is not if he marries you, but when! If it's been more than a year, see less of him and think about dating others. You've already spent more than a year waiting for him to propose; do you have another year to wait?