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.
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.
geemun33 said:57 to 60%
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.
57% seems like a pretty exact number! I would just use a scale of 1-10.geemun33 said:I bought tickets to a comedy show for vday is this enough or should I get my gf of nine months a card also. Also her interest level is some where between 57 to 60%
geemun33 said:Also her interest level is some where between 57 to 60%
Well it does matter in the sense that if you have made your move and she does not show any interest you know it is time to move on to the next.Her interest level (or any women for that matter) should not matter to you. The question should be weather or not YOU are interested in her.
True in this case. However, you should not be a woman-pleaser. Turn the tables around and have them please you.Starwolf said:Well it does matter in the sense that if you have made your move and she does not show any interest you know it is time to move on to the next.