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.
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.
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.
Learn from this.Originally posted by Anirak
Well, I went out with a girl yesterday to the movies. I was wanting to kino, but I kept waiting for her to meet me halfway. The movie started and I was like "forget waiting" so I just tapped her with my hand and held my hand up. She grabbed it and leaned on me. We cuddled throughout the movie.
okay but waht if she doesn't like it, wouldn't it be awkward if you go to put you arm around her and she like pulls away?Originally posted by intha_burbz
dude, put your arm around her then see if she likes it or not. if she likes it then she might move closer to you,smile, or kinda rest her head on your shoulder. then you shoul dmake out with her. firts make some jokes about the stupid characters in the movie, then lock eyes and dont pay much attention to the movie. lock eyes and you can just tell if she wants to kiss you or not.
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.
Make a move, think of all that you can gain by making a move. What do you have to lose other than your virginity?Originally posted by toddC
okay but waht if she doesn't like it, wouldn't it be awkward if you go to put you arm around her and she like pulls away?
Your right and now that I think of it, whenever I am out I always at some point in the night end up withmy arm around a girl because I do it naturally and in a playfully kinda way...how woudl this be any diffrent, thanks you actually put it in perspective for me lolOriginally posted by WORKEROUTER
Are we men here or p*ssies?
My question is this: how could you NOT put your arm around her and hold her during the movie??
Seriously, EVERY movie date I've been going on, whether in the theater, her house, my place, wherever!, my arm is around her within the first 15-20 minutes!
You gotta change your perception of what is "awkward." Think of it as totally natural...and guess what, it WILL be natural, both to YOU and HER.
I've never had a girl pull away from this.
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.