lizardking82
Master Don Juan
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Always curious about this one. Or sometimes, some people go on a streak of attracting only this kind, like for 1 or 2 years.
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.
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.
If you had the drama with the ex it's perhaps that you have been conditioned to it and attracted to people with that vibe. When a lot of us get out of relationships we may have anger and pain, and that's not going to attract healthy folks usually.I just went through a recent breakup and the people I attracted back at the time seem to be people with loads of problems. One of the girls I am dating just told me tonight about her mother cheating on her father and how dramatic this all was in their family, another girl has trouble and is insecure about another story she had, this other girl that I stopped dating was all kinds of dramas going on... I mean, I know I am myself in kind of a dramatic vibe since I am on the road to emotional recovery from my last relationship heartbreak, but still, I don't think I am so dramatic as the people I meet, really. Like, I don't have this kind of drama going on in my life, I am chill most of the time, you know. It seems to be a incorrelation between the amount of drama they have and that I have. They have way, way more than me.
No, absolutely not, man. Until after the breakup where it was dramma for me for about a month, for those 2 years in relationship with her there was almost no drama at all. And I could notice that because I kept attracting great girls during those 2 years. And I totally understand that I was dramatic during October/November/December and even January of this year, but still, I am telling you, if my drama level is about 20%, these girls have like a good 60% in them.If you had the drama with the ex it's perhaps that you have been conditioned to it and attracted to people with that vibe. When a lot of us get out of relationships we may have anger and pain, and that's not going to attract healthy folks usually.
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
That's good. Getting too accustomed to it messes up our vibe and can set you back many years...No, absolutely not, man. Until after the breakup where it was dramma for me for about a month, for those 2 years in relationship with her there was almost no drama at all. And I could notice that because I kept attracting great girls during those 2 years. And I totally understand that I was dramatic during October/November/December and even January of this year, but still, I am telling you, if my drama level is about 20%, these girls have like a good 60% in them.
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.
"Hot girls" is like playing against the casino ( cheaters )... So yeah they have problems and will make you pay for it.Makes sense to me... birds of a feather flock together. Like begets like.
Sometimes you got to step back and look at the bigger picture. Did you knowingly invite that drama into your life despite initially using your DJ spider senses to detect early red flags?
We often rationalize the red flags initially because the woman is fun, exciting, typically impulsive, good sechs, and chemistry in the beginning.
It's later that the holes in the relation(ship) become glaringly obvious as the boat takes on too much water (drama) and you can't patch it up fast enough after its already began to sink.![]()
I don't believe it's necessarily a question of like attracting like....Always curious about this one. Or sometimes, some people go on a streak of attracting only this kind, like for 1 or 2 years.
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.
Nope, not turning down better girls. I am sure there are other girls that are better, but not the case. Not dumpster diving either since the girls I date are never low quality. They are hot to my perception, but most of them seem to have this drama involved with them, though I think I got my answer from different perspectives up there.Were you turning down better girls?
Were you imagining other girls were better?
Or maybe you were dumpster diving and aspire for more?