Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
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.
muscleman said:One of them happens to live 1.5 hours away.
But the question is ... is pvssy worth the drive? That's a fair amount of gas money
I'm finding myself at a bit of a crossroads, call it being selective or whatever, but I just don't go after the girls I used to anymore.
Please tell me thats hyperbole.I spent $2000 and flew to Europe to french a 20 year old girl.
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.
Rex Man said:Please tell me thats hyperbole.
You are letting HER call the shots. Yes, you are. You are letting HER lead YOU, which is what you flamed me so bad for. If you were a REAL Don Juan like you PRETENDED to be in my thread, then SHE would be driving 1.5 hours to see YOU, RIGHT? You are putting the pu55y on a pedestal. If you really believed what you were saying to me, then you wouldn't be putting HER above YOU. Make her waste HER gas money to see YOU, for YOU are the Don Juan here, RIGHT?Ever since my last breakup I kinda said fvck it and started focusing on myself. Currently there are a few girls that I could get with, but none that I REALLY want to do. One of them happens to live 1.5 hours away. I told her if I came to see her it would be a weekend thing and I'd have to crash at her place for the night to which she agreed.
But the question is ... is pvssy worth the drive? That's a fair amount of gas money
Sounds like you are losing your edge to me.I'm finding myself at a bit of a crossroads, call it being selective or whatever, but I just don't go after the girls I used to anymore.
Lazy, huh? Sounds like you don't have a good enough PLAN to me. The fact that you were even CONSIDERING driving that far just to get some snatch, and then you would get "pissed to all hell" if it "didn't work," tells me that you have an AFC attitude.I must be lazy. Not gonna do it. One of you can have her. It's just too far, and if it didn't work I'd be pissed to all hell that I just spent 3 hours worth of gas money and life.
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.
Here's a question for ya', would you drive 1.5 hours in order to get to the job that you have now (with the same salary)?My Name is Nobody said:Anybody who says NO is lying.
Francisco d'Anconia said:Here's a question for ya', would you drive 1.5 hours in order to get to the job that you have now (with the same salary)?
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.
Oooookkkkkkk.... Sooooooo....My Name is Nobody said:Ofcourse YOU wouldn't drive an hour and a half Francisco.. you are a PIMP. I'm not even close to being on your level... and I don't think very many people on this site are either.
Francisco d'Anconia said:Oooookkkkkkk.... Sooooooo....
Would you drive an hour and a half to get to the job that you have now at the same salary?
Alright, that put things into perspective for your situation.My Name is Nobody said:Well considering my current job is not satisfying me, YES, I would take that other offer! But only part-time.
Wouldn't it be easier to just hire a hooker?Jayer said:YO WHO ARE WE KIDDING.... WE'D ALL DRIVE 3 HOURS FOR GAURANTEED ASS!!!
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.