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.
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.
Because chloroform leaves women more conscious than when they're tapping away on their cell phone! :cheer:Iceberg said:Why not just use a bottle of chloroform?
Well, you should know that cell phone jammer are illegal in many countries, states. Cell phone jammers are not allowed for private use.Rubato said:Hey guys, I was talking to my uncle last night and he's a pretty eccentric dude. He's a conspiracy theorist/tech junkie guy, and he was telling me he just got a portable that allegedly jams all 2g/3g/4g/ CDMA and GSM cell transmission within 100 yards. At first I didn't see why there would be any utility to own something like that, unless you want to commit a crime.
But.
I started to think. Cell phones, I think, are one of the biggest things that have ruined night game. Girls show up somewhere, get out their phones, and either text all their friends where they are so they can join her, or just text. Text, text, text, text. I'm thinking about borrowing it this weekend and seeing what results I notice. Do you guys think that passively disabling every girl's cell phones in a given bar or club would make game any easier?
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.
The girl would be so focussed on why her cellphone isn't working rather than talking to you.Rubato said:Hey guys, I was talking to my uncle last night and he's a pretty eccentric dude. He's a conspiracy theorist/tech junkie guy, and he was telling me he just got a portable cell phone jammer that allegedly jams all 2g/3g/4g/ CDMA and GSM cell transmission within 100 yards. At first I didn't see why there would be any utility to own something like that, unless you want to commit a crime.
But.
I started to think. Cell phones, I think, are one of the biggest things that have ruined night game. Girls show up somewhere, get out their phones, and either text all their friends where they are so they can join her, or just text. Text, text, text, text. I'm thinking about borrowing it this weekend and seeing what results I notice. Do you guys think that passively disabling every girl's cell phones in a given bar or club would make game any easier?
Phone jammer is an interesting and helpful device when we don’t want to be bothered by the cell phone noise. I just bought myself a phone jammer the other day, it is working great and BTW, it’s legal here in my country.Rubato said:Hey guys, I was talking to my uncle last night and he's a pretty eccentric dude. He's a conspiracy theorist/tech junkie guy, and he was telling me he just got a portable cell phone jammer that allegedly jams all 2g/3g/4g/ CDMA and GSM cell transmission within 100 yards. At first I didn't see why there would be any utility to own something like that, unless you want to commit a crime.
But.
I started to think. Cell phones, I think, are one of the biggest things that have ruined night game. Girls show up somewhere, get out their phones, and either text all their friends where they are so they can join her, or just text. Text, text, text, text. I'm thinking about borrowing it this weekend and seeing what results I notice. Do you guys think that passively disabling every girl's cell phones in a given bar or club would make game any easier?
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.