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.
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.
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.
"When a child is born, his first introduction into this world is through an act of VIOLENCE. Due to a smack upon his backside, even his first “word” is a BATTLE CRY! With squinted eyes and tiny fists balled in “readiness” for the lifelong FIGHT that awaits him…
This is our origin as potential MEN.
This is our introduction to the WORLD.
This is our “welcome” to THE WAR.
And from that birth-day forward, NOTHING has changed. THIS has been our legacy…"
hahhaaFrancisco d'Anconia said:Mechanics.
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.
Hahaha, The VU general got fairly excited when KontrollerX gave the "warrior" answer. Victory, you must be in the military, or is this, your militaristic responses, just your "angle"?Victory Unlimited said:Yo troops,
Kommando KontrollerX definitely KNOWS what the fukk he's talking about. It's that warrior mentality that makes all the difference between staying down or getting your asss back up off the floor for the 13th time!