You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
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.
That's called stalking and it's pretty much frowned upon.Down Low said:Here's what burnt spy Michael Westen would say:
Most battles in war are won by having better intelligence than the other side. The same goes for getting a date with a reluctant woman. You need to do some intelligence gathering. Find out where she lives and where she throws away her trash.
If the trash can is a huge dumpster, no problem. People usually throw away their trash when they go out for the day, or, right after making a pile of smelly food waste at meal time. Do a little more surveillance and find out when she throws it away. You can zero in on her garbage bags by looking at the addresses on mail.
What you're looking for is blood. In particular, the blood on sanitary napkins or tampons. It's not pretty, but you did expect to be handling the source of that material anyway. Don't get squeamish now.
Once you determine when she's on the rag, you have the key intel. All you have to do is come back in about 12 days when she's in heat.
Of course, if you can get in her house, it's a lot easier. Especially if she marks the start of her period with a little P on the calendar.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
If you look in the mirror and realize that you don't have what it takes to be a spy, don't try. Someone will just get hurt. Probably you.seethehoop said:That's called stalking and it's pretty much frowned upon.
Maybe the creepiest thing I ever RED. Get it?Down Low said:Here's what burnt spy Michael Westen would say:
Most battles in war are won by having better intelligence than the other side. The same goes for getting a date with a reluctant woman. You need to do some intelligence gathering. Find out where she lives and where she throws away her trash.
If the trash can is a huge dumpster, no problem. People usually throw away their trash when they go out for the day, or, right after making a pile of smelly food waste at meal time. Do a little more surveillance and find out when she throws it away. You can zero in on her garbage bags by looking at the addresses on mail.
What you're looking for is blood. In particular, the blood on sanitary napkins or tampons. It's not pretty, but you did expect to be handling the source of that material anyway. Don't get squeamish now.
Once you determine when she's on the rag, you have the key intel. All you have to do is come back in about 12 days when she's in heat.
Of course, if you can get in her house, it's a lot easier. Especially if she marks the start of her period with a little P on the calendar.