I'll probably get flamed by some just by asking this question but for some time now I've been finding it to be mostly true. Women swear that men are the ones afraid of intelligent women but I believe it's the females who feel threatened. Why is this?
"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.
Women intimidated by intelligence?
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
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.
After many years of GIRL POWER and getting built up as the more intelligent gender, chicks are terrified of men who make them look dumb. Men OTOH don't mind it so much as it's socially acceptable nowadays for a guy to appear dumber than his girl.
backbreaker
Master Don Juan
they aren't intimiated by it.
they just aren't attracted to it.
they just aren't attracted to it.
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
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.
sodbuster
Master Don Juan
Intellilgent men can't relate to the general populace[in manycases]. It is the lack of social intelligence that is the problem.BUT, when you are 40 IQ points above them, you need to "dumb down" your conversation-does the average person talk smart with the retarded table washer in the mall, or dumb it down? Unless you are trying to beat it into them all the time that you are smarter then they are[don't like it when a woman tries it with me,they don't like it either], it isn't a problem. It should be an additional plus for you.
BUT NEVER talk about what you learn here, it can be used,but never discussed-you'll just piss them off.
BUT NEVER talk about what you learn here, it can be used,but never discussed-you'll just piss them off.
Da Realist
Master Don Juan
Yes and no. Yes because no one like its when a person is talking over their head. No because there are women out there who actually like a guy who is intelligent since he can usually figure out stuff that gets them out of tight situations. The thing is not to rely on your intellect as an attraction; rely on the use of it to create attraction.
backbreaker
Master Don Juan
i think alot of people are overestimating how "smart" they really are.
I seriously doubt everyone here is "vastly" superior as far as intelligence to the general population.
I am conidered to be pretty darn smart and I have an IQ of 134. That's a little above avg but it's not anywhre near these 40 points higher than the general poplation, etc.
I by no means think I'm the most intelligent person here, but I'm not chopped liver either.
Also smart is relaitve. If you have an "IQ" of 150, and you work at wendy's and live with mom, just "smart" are you?
Being able to predict the next number in a sequence or predict the next triangle that will be shaded has little to do with real world intelligence. Has little to do with matuity, patience, understanding, social skills, work ethic, persistance, etc
I seriously doubt everyone here is "vastly" superior as far as intelligence to the general population.
I am conidered to be pretty darn smart and I have an IQ of 134. That's a little above avg but it's not anywhre near these 40 points higher than the general poplation, etc.
I by no means think I'm the most intelligent person here, but I'm not chopped liver either.
Also smart is relaitve. If you have an "IQ" of 150, and you work at wendy's and live with mom, just "smart" are you?
Being able to predict the next number in a sequence or predict the next triangle that will be shaded has little to do with real world intelligence. Has little to do with matuity, patience, understanding, social skills, work ethic, persistance, etc
Commandante
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What are we exactly talking about?
abstract intelligence?
emotional intelligence?
common sense?
level of education?
abstract intelligence?
emotional intelligence?
common sense?
level of education?
"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.