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.
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.
http://picture-cdn.wheretoget.it/r8gv1i-l.jpgSkyline said:Describe to me what a 'bad boy shirt' is please...
You shouldn't live by titles...
There are certain quality girls I am into (beautiful, intelligent, good personality), who have this "suspicion" issue. I'm hoping to overcome. Maybe cI can, maybe I can't.zekko said:It seems odd to me that if you go by most of the advice around here, guys don't want girls to trust them. They want to convince them that they might be seeing other girls on the side (whether they are or not), they never want them to be too sure. This is supposedly seen as some sort of ideal situation. So it's strange to see someone complain about it.
I don't see it as a bad or as an ideal situation. It's just something I deal with from time to time.zekko said:It seems odd to me that if you go by most of the advice around here, guys don't want girls to trust them. They want to convince them that they might be seeing other girls on the side (whether they are or not), they never want them to be too sure. This is supposedly seen as some sort of ideal situation. So it's strange to see someone complain about it.
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.
Not true at all. Any woman regardless of looks can act unatural around a good looking man. Good looking men have also gotten divorced, dumped, and screwed over by women. Good looking men have made poor decisions on women. Good looking men have also put women on a pedestal. Lots of black and white thinking here.Poon King said:Only extremely attractive women will act naturally around you.They are used to drooling beta losers worshiping them regardless of their lack of personality and lack of game.
U dress down. Give mt best way way into the friendship.new_hotness said:I'm 3 months out of long term relationship. For the first month or so, I was just taking it easy, not looking to date, and just went out just to grab a drink and chill.
After that, I was ready to date again. One issue I am repeatedly running into is that many women don't trust me. They expect me to be unfaithful, sleep around, etc. and I am not like that at all.
One of the main issues I encounter is when girls "lock up" when I try talking to them. Any sort of "daygame" approach has this potential, as girls sometimes freeze and can't really act normally around me.
This can sometimes happen even when I've seen the girl a second or third time, and they still can't quite relax.
I have gotten slightly discouraged by this.
One woman in particular was a) angry with me at first, b) then very nervous then c) ignored me completely the third time I spoke to her.
Any tips or pointers appreciated.
Which part is "not true at all"?MAYALL said:Not true at all. Any woman regardless of looks can act unatural around a good looking man. Good looking men have also gotten divorced, dumped, and screwed over by women. Good looking men have made poor decisions on women. Good looking men have also put women on a pedestal. Lots of black and white thinking here.
Women don't trust a lot of men regardless of looks. Good looking men have gotten screwed over, divorced, dumped by women. Good looking men put women on a pedestal. Women don't always act natural around good looking men. What you're saying is not true talking in absolute terms.Poon King said:Which part is "not true at all"?
Women act different around attractive men. Its a fact.
And since VERY good looking men are rare to begin with... it makes it all the more true.
AGAIN.MAYALL said:Women don't trust a lot of men regardless of looks. Good looking men have gotten screwed over, divorced, dumped by women. Good looking men put women on a pedestal. Women don't always act natural around good looking men. What you're saying is not true talking in absolute terms.
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.
Poon King said:AGAIN.
Which part is "not true at all"?
I know that feel man.thatfeel said:My IQ just went up by like 50 points reading Poon King's post.
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.