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.
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.
This ..If you say "She's hard to read" she absolutely, 100% does not have interest in you.
The second the thought "She's hard to read" enters your mind, prepare your exit strategy. An interested, worthwhile girl makes it abundantly clear that she likes you. If she's interested in you, she will move mountains to see you and be with you.
Naturally, right at the beginning there can exist a gray area where you're determining her interest, but when your interactions become more established you need to cut away any woman that you think is "hard to read".
There are no exceptions. No man here on SS deserves a woman who is "hard to read". Even if she does like you and is playing games, this is not a woman who will add value to your life.
Get "She's hard to read" out of your life altogether! It is a disqualifier.
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.
1) A man cannot be universally attractive like women can. Given that fact, only pursue women who show interest. Don't try to manufacture interest. This is a colossal waste of time. Work within the subset of women who like your type.
2) Abundance mentality is paramount.
3) Never, ever allow yourself to be dumped. When you see it coming deploy a preemptive strike and dump her first.
If you say "She's hard to read" she absolutely, 100% does not have interest in you.
The second the thought "She's hard to read" enters your mind, prepare your exit strategy. An interested, worthwhile girl makes it abundantly clear that she likes you. If she's interested in you, she will move mountains to see you and be with you.
Naturally, right at the beginning there can exist a gray area where you're determining her interest, but when your interactions become more established you need to cut away any woman that you think is "hard to read".
There are no exceptions. No man here on SS deserves a woman who is "hard to read". Even if she does like you and is playing games, this is not a woman who will add value to your life.
Get "She's hard to read" out of your life altogether! It is a disqualifier.
yes agreed i usually give a girl around 2-3 weeks in which she has ample opportuinty to prove her interest to me whilst spinning multiple other plates of courseIn conclusion, I say that if a man is going for any length of time thinking, "She's hard to read", he is wasting his time. The ONLY women who are hard to read (after that initial brief period) are ones who are not interested enough.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
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.
Simple, but IMO one of the most important rules when dealing with the ladies. Always be willing to walk away at any point. Whether it's the first meet or you're 6 months in.Always be willing to walk away