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.
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.
Agree. Flipping it around and making her defensive is always fun. :yes:Jitterbug said:Whatever you say, the key is to realise that it's projection, and nothing irritates her more than 1- it doesn't affect you and 2- you know it's actually about her.
I'd simply ask back: "Does that bother you? Dying single and lonely?"
Oh this is beauuuuuutiful.Jitterbug said:Whatever you say, the key is to realise that it's projection, and nothing irritates her more than 1- it doesn't affect you and 2- you know it's actually about her.
I'd simply ask back: "Does that bother you? Dying single and lonely?"
That's what Putin said to Amerikan media when they shamed him for not allowing anymore adoptions of Russian babies to the US. They shamed him saying, "...but Russia is Poor!"...Putin: "So what?"5string said:When women say this, just look at them and reply, so what?
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.
sadly this is how 99% of people live on EarthPoonani Maker said:That's what Putin said to Amerikan media when they shamed him for not allowing anymore adoptions of Russian babies to the US. They shamed him saying, "...but Russia is Poor!"...Putin: "So what?"
The reason he put in to place these restrictions was because our politicians/media were accusing Russia of "human rights 'violations'."
All these fvckin Americans, it's a disease, whereby Everybody has to IMPOSE their agenda on others. This is called Imperialism, and is what the Constitution was written/signed on to by 13 states, to guard against: Imperialism, or getting into other nations' business. Imperialism, as a mindset, has run amok in our country, it's a sick psychology to own and spread day in and day out in your life, because when you try to impose a set of rules, ideas, words, or doctrine, principles on to another person, you are essentially leaving out the words: "In my opinion" "THIS...you must do...for your own good."
No! in YOUR opinion, I must do this or that. If we lived by a set of WORDS our whole lives we'd not be even human, just a false vapid, soulless, Mindless, carcass of somebody else's ideals.
I like this.5string said:When women say this, just look at them and reply, so what?
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.
Better to be alone than in your company.PlayHer Man said:This is probably the TOP "shaming tactic" women use when a man refuses to bend to her will. Telling him: "he will die single and lonely".
I'm wondering what some of your best "comebacks" are to this attack? For me.. I like to say:
"Women like you make that option very attractive". :crackup:
But I'd like to hear some other great comebacks....
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.
The man usually dies first, but if they've had a rich life, a woman will die surrounded by her children. I think they find that acceptable.Scaramouche said:They seem to be missing the obvious,that simple Maths will show in any couple one is going to die lonely!
Too bad, Sam. Looks like you've been friendzoned :cuss:samspade said:She kept telling me how sweet I was for helping her.
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.