Dimebag_Darrell
Banned
I'm curious as to how a fellow Don faces his day
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
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.
What do you do for a living?
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"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
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.
ethnomethodologist
Master Don Juan
Never seen you so nice Darrell. Your not growing pink inside are you?
I'm a general manager for an expanding charter airline. I opted in for free shipping costs, stressless work, and chances for duty travel for a high salary.
I make $15 dollars an hour
I'm a general manager for an expanding charter airline. I opted in for free shipping costs, stressless work, and chances for duty travel for a high salary.
I make $15 dollars an hour
Egoist
Master Don Juan
i make designer clothes for pet hamsters.
mroriginal2
Don Juan
And the award for ''most social'' goes to.......
ethnomethodologist for having so much time in his hand. He is one of the most recognisable members and hes only been here for a month. You should be a mod.
Chillisauce
Senior Don Juan
- Joined
- Jul 12, 2005
- Messages
- 367
- Reaction score
- 0
- Age
- 39
I'm a part time train driver for QR, part time karate instructor, full time university student. Thankgod we dont have any time traveling machines or i'd probably be working another two jobs.
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
Chipmonkey
Don Juan
National Guard/Metro Police
doctoroxygen
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2002
- Messages
- 581
- Reaction score
- 4
I work at Taco Bell. I'm employee of the month. Right now, I'm in the back, chopping lettuce, but come back in a month, and I'll be up at the front, SWEAR TO GOD, making burritos.
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
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.