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.
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.
Ahahaha hahahaha! That's gold, I love it. Used it already!All you have to say is "you're not ugly, you're just facially challenged"
lol I can see that working."I've seen worse" playfully
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
selfmademob said:All you have to say is "you're not ugly, you're just facially challenged"
No No NO!!Skel said:"I've seen worse" playfully
I like it a lot, I'm stealing this from you.DJDamage said:"hmmm Lets take a look (raise her chin slightly up and give her a seductive I want to fvck you stare in the eyes) "If you were ugly I wouldn't be looking at you like I am looking at you now"
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.
NEGS are for bar chicks and models who think the world need to kiss their arse. This was not a positive feedback from your lady and I don't see telling someone as being "brat" warrant that kind of reaction unless your girl has some serious issues.My Name is Nobody said:Is this a good reaction to get when you neg her?
If there is anything worse then giving them a bad neg is also have to appologize for it, that is a double whammy.My Name is Nobody said:I panicked and consoled her and let her know I was just joking.
Alright but make sure you do it right with confidence, otherwise she will sneer at you for pretending to be suave.War Against Betaism said:I like it a lot, I'm stealing this from you.
DJDamage said:NEGS are for bar chicks and models who think the world need to kiss their arse. This was not a positive feedback from your lady and I don't see telling someone as being "brat" warrant that kind of reaction unless your girl has some serious issues.
If there is anything worse then giving them a bad neg is also have to appologize for it, that is a double whammy.
A BPD girl I was involved with (didn't know it at the time) and I were "getting back together" and I saw this crazy side of her when we went to lunch one day. She started going on and on about wanting plastic surgery, that she hated her nose, that she wanted her lips worked on, that she hates her face, never saw her talk like that before. Scared the hell out of me because it was disturbing. She was really getting into it.Jitterbug said:It raises two red flags: she's a LSE and an AW. You can neg her on her AWing if she's attractive and is just fishing for approval.
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.
Good stuff and I bet it would work more times than not. But what if it comes up again? And again? And again? Like someone said earlier she could be an AW, more specifically she is feeling self conscious. It could be a one time thing, a short time phase or possibly a permanent thing that will come back to haunt you repeatedly though the entire relationship! :nervous: But how do you know? You ask...DJDamage said:No No NO!!
This type of C/F has the potential to backfire big time. Women are insecure creatures and sometimes what look like a sh1t test is an actual feeling of being insecure about their looks. Yes I agree you shouldn't do the AFC thing and say some stupid sh1t like "you are crazy!! you are so pretty!!!" but a line that worked for me before:
Girl: " I feel that I am ugly"
DJDAMAGE: "hmmm Lets take a look (raise her chin slightly up and give her a seductive I want to fvck you stare in the eyes) "If you were ugly I wouldn't be looking at you like I am looking at you now"
Girl: (Blushes giggles) "You are smooth DJDAMAGE"
DJDAMAGE: Smooth is my middle name.
Yeah it does sound corney but it worked! chicks eat that up with a spoon!
Yeah that has happened to me when I first started out, I've been through my hurdles lol.DJDamage said:Alright but make sure you do it right with confidence, otherwise she will sneer at you for pretending to be suave.
More ammo to add in my arsenal!Poonani Maker said:"Stick with me and you'll be pretty.."