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.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
I'll bring the chloroform.Iceberg said:Dante, I totally lost my puppy a few hours ago. I was wondering if you'd hop in the back of my rape van and help me look for him.
Classic is right:yes: Has anyone seen my chifon evening dress? I can't seem to find it anywhere.....lakeshore said:Has to easily be the funniest thread on SS ever.
"I feel pretty stupid about this in retrospect.."
F*cking classic!
:crackup:
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.
Haha, seriously. You really didn't know what was going on when you got into his car to drink a beer alone with him?Kailex said:More kino. He's doing really well so far... wait, you were having a beer in his car?
Hahahah :crackup:Ease said:Dante my gf's away for the week, i got some beers lying around, wanna come over?
Should tell you my heaters broke and overheating though, its cool we can just chill in our underwear.
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.
8ball said:Relax. A gay guy thinks you're hot. This is not a bad thing. Means you're good looking.
Take it in stride and be cool.
And, take note: dancing in a gay bar yields much cash (if you have the mental fortitude).
laughed out loud! hit up my BlogTV pre-show to tomorrow's Lesson 1 on the M.A.C. systemAmazing said:Hey everyone this is the guy from the OP's story!
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
haha! funny stuff. my original comments stand.Amazing said:Hey everyone this is the guy from the OP's story!
8ball said:haha! funny stuff. my original comments stand.
Dante420 said:laughed out loud! hit up my BlogTV pre-show to tomorrow's Lesson 1 on the M.A.C. system
Your ****ing homo dude, get the **** outta here with your chump talk. your still trying to pass the insecurity stage and how old r u? 26? dawg if u think its even a question after the age of 13 then you needa look at yourself, people made their choices by nowAmazing said:Thanks but no thanks. But I'll pass it on to those guys I talked about earlier. It seems they can learn a thing or two about attracting dudes from you.
Dante420 said:Your ****ing homo dude, get the **** outta here with your chump talk. your still trying to pass the insecurity stage and how old r u? 26? dawg if u think its even a question after the age of 13 then you needa look at yourself, people made their choices by now
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.