You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
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.
Other than the comments the girl made that is from a guys point of view. When a girl says she wants a nice guy she means a guy who is strong and confident, but will not beat the crap out of her every chance he gets.Originally posted by One on One
http://www.girlspoop.com/ARTICLES/y*******s.htm
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.
We are?! Since WE = members of this site and I'm one of them you are talking on my behalf. Please don't do that.Originally posted by SageOFAllenAge
That site gives off a "be a jerk" feel, we're looking to establish middle ground between nice guy & jerk.
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We are?! Since WE = members of this site and I'm one of them you are talking on my behalf. Please don't do that.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
This is true. But when it's an abusive (by way of abusive, I mean always checking up on her, always following her and questioning her, and accusing her) and a cokehead at the same time, I, personally, would have trouble finding the logic in keeping someone like this around. I mean, one can only go so far for social reasons. One would think the girl is limiting her potential for meeting a decent guys - as most smart ones won't go after someone in this situation. But then again, since when have women ever been logical.Originally posted by check_mate_kid_uk
its because girls often like to keep them till they find some one better, i know a girl that for 9 months has been in a relationship with a control freak insecure kind of guy, shes been trying to flirt with me recently, she says she wnats to dump him, she told me this over a week ago, but has she dumped him, no, she is waiting for some one else to come along before she ditches the guy for some one better, and sadly many girls are like this, they do not like being single, for social reasons
All so true. Right on.Originally posted by JT47319
Nice guys are just WANNABE SLUTS.
That's why girls don't want to fuck them because those guys are EASY. They're BREAK IN CASE OF EMERGENCY COCK.
Like guys, girls are turned off they KNOW 100% that they can have the guy if they snap their fingers. Like guys, girls want a CHALLENGE. They don't want a slut who'll give it up to any girl.
They don't want some "nice" guy that DEVALUES himself and has LOW SELF ESTEEM that he'll let her STEP ALL OVER HIMSELF.
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.