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.
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.
icatchiCatch said:If this steak is so good and you love it, why want something else?
Think : If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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.
MacAvoy, I am your father. *draws light saber from pants to prove it*MacAvoy said:icatch
Do you honestly think you could eat Stake as your only meat for the rest of your life? The reason you don't is because you haven't been brainwashed to think that you have to be monogamous to one food like you have been with women.
You can keep your morals, personally I'm going to experience everything life has to offer.
I missed the joke, can you explain it?BeyondCharm said:MacAvoy, I am your father. *draws light saber from pants to prove it*
I agree 100%. But a fulfilling relationship and having the odd ONS is much more satisfying than just a fulfilling relationship. The problem is 99.9% of men don't have the skills to successfully pull off both. They are idiots & leave a trail & get caught which leads to the end of the relationship which obviously wasn't fulfilling for them.young_gun said:A fulfilling relationship is so much more satisfying than a one night stand.
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.
Fair enough, if you find no trouble with your actions and perfer to cover it up, that's your way. No need to call anyone who want to not cheat and thinks it the correct act because you don't want her to do it even in secret and thus don't want to do it oneself as brainwashed and missing out.MacAvoy said:I agree 100%. But a fulfilling relationship and having the odd ONS is much more satisfying than just a fulfilling relationship. The problem is 99.9% of men don't have the skills to successfully pull off both. They are idiots & leave a trail & get caught which leads to the end of the relationship which obviously wasn't fulfilling for them.
If fulfilling relationships are all that, then why such a high failure rate? I cheated on my last oneitis dozens of times, she to this day still has no clue and it had zero negative impact on our relationship. However, I'm not your typical Joe Smoe, I'm good at what I do.
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.
I will be honest with you.SkillzthatKillz said:Alright, i need some quick advice. I have a great G/f i've been dating for 5 years. But along comes this hb10 that i know i can get. Should i go for it? You only live once. Or should i do the right thing? I know a few guys who cheat all the time on there girls (its funny cause its no big deal to them lol).
Anyways what do you guys think?
One small problem with that. Being faithful to ur girlfirend does not always mean she'll be faithful to u too.young_gun said:If you don't want your girl to cheat on you (if you've never had it happen you shouldn't even participate in this thread) then don't do it to her.
While you might be addressing to him, there's little clause against that anyone else who think like him is also "brainwashed" and while you didn't said direct anyone whose no is missing out, it does says that anyone who don't do it is not experiencing everything life have to offer.MacAvoy said:icatch
Do you honestly think you could eat Stake as your only meat for the rest of your life? The reason you don't is because you haven't been brainwashed to think that you have to be monogamous to one food like you have been with women.
You can keep your morals, personally I'm going to experience everything life has to offer.
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.