"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

Read more...

Why you never can tell her.....

BeExcellent

Master Don Juan
Joined
Dec 16, 2015
Messages
5,416
Reaction score
7,942
Age
57
Like how do you mean?
Sometimes you are aloof sometimes you are warm, sometimes you are cool, sometimes you are super nice, other times you are indifferent. Sometimes you are immediately responsive, sometimes you are more distant.

But it can’t be a contrived thing it’s got to be because you actually have other stuff going on.

I’m naturally rather aloof. Works brilliantly but it’s how I am not how I’m acting.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

Read more...

Divorced w 3

Master Don Juan
Joined
Nov 20, 2022
Messages
3,884
Reaction score
2,540
Just be careful on intermittent reinforcement, as it’s ultimately a psychological device and easily manipulated in the wrong direction
 

Mertz09

Senior Don Juan
Joined
Jan 11, 2024
Messages
280
Reaction score
155
Location
Houston Tx.
Sometimes you are aloof sometimes you are warm, sometimes you are cool, sometimes you are super nice, other times you are indifferent. Sometimes you are immediately responsive, sometimes you are more distant.

But it can’t be a contrived thing it’s got to be because you actually have other stuff going on.

I’m naturally rather aloof. Works brilliantly but it’s how I am not how I’m acting.
Good advice here! Thanks.
 

Mertz09

Senior Don Juan
Joined
Jan 11, 2024
Messages
280
Reaction score
155
Location
Houston Tx.
Sometimes you are aloof sometimes you are warm, sometimes you are cool, sometimes you are super nice, other times you are indifferent. Sometimes you are immediately responsive, sometimes you are more distant.

But it can’t be a contrived thing it’s got to be because you actually have other stuff going on.

I’m naturally rather aloof. Works brilliantly but it’s how I am not how I’m acting.
I truly believe that the younger Men on this..... (You Don't Know What You Don't Know) should pay more attention to this kind of wisdom. Experience means a lot!!!!
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

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.

Read more...

Top