SELF-MASTERY
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AS tony robbins would say, ppl need uncertainty. She's always there, good sex is always there, these things get boring after awhile.
She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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.
I think that is very true PRL. One of the great things about my ex was that she opened my life up to new and interesting things. I was extremely boring before I meet her and she changed me in more ways that I can count.Maybe you need a woman that brings you up to a higher notch - one who will uplift you in all things in life. but since she seems to depend on you for everything you feel like you'll have to care for her as well as entertain her for the rest of your life - I can see where you see this as a burden
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
That's a profound statement.Originally posted by SELF-MASTERY
AS tony robbins would say, ppl need uncertainty. She's always there, good sex is always there, these things get boring after awhile.
Do these two points contradict what you say? Usually a girl that is too into you will not be these. They will let you have your space to some extent, and not be demanding in terms of normal whinging girl stuff, however, I have found that they are demanding in the fact that they are so into you.Originally posted by NewMan
Low Maintenance
Non demanding
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.
A young attractive hottie that loves you, gives you great sex, and pretty much idolizes you?Originally posted by NewMan
So I'm dating a great woman for over a year now....
Never been in an argument.
Great sense of humor
Giving
Low Maintenance
Attractive
Young
Physically a very good relationship
Non demanding
Pretty much - on paper - exactly the kind of woman you'd want.
So what is the problem?
The hell if I know.
It's almost as if she's into me to much. Almost as if I've lost respect for her, paerhaps, because she's to into me.
I've not told her I love her - although she tells me all the time. She talks about the future.
I've tried to cool the relationship several times - and now only see her 2 times a week - although she calls me every day. Even though I've done that, it takes perhaps 2 weeks, before she assumes things are good again.
I don't know what my problem is.
Anyone encounter this?
and when she decides to leave you, you will be regretting it. Sometimes when people have a good thing, they get too comfortable.... I dont know why it happens but it does.Originally posted by NewMan
That's exactly it - I'm really not that into her - even though she's a great girl.
Almost like she's to accomodating and I need someone with a little more edge...
You have Groucho Marx Syndrome !Originally posted by NewMan
So I'm dating a great woman for over a year now....
I don't know what my problem is.
Anyone encounter this?
Break up with her immidiatley, and start hanging out with your male bros, the former Frat Boys who are divorced or unmarried. Go to strip joints to celebrate your newly found freeedom, and drop 400.00 on a woman (All right gentlemen, next up on the Stage is ASIA!!!!Lets let her hear you hollah!!!) who would'nt let you f*** her, ever unless you raped her, and who walked to the next table as soon as the $$$ ran out....Then, after that, spend weekend, after weekend with the all male buddies at the bar, watching MLB and the NBA Finals, and drinking shots and beer and belching, and ......
this is just a wild guess but do you have commitment issues? cuz maybe you realize that this could be THE ONE and that scares the hell out a yah.Originally posted by NewMan
That's exactly it - I'm really not that into her - even though she's a great girl.
Almost like she's to accomodating and I need someone with a little more edge...
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
This was a good scenario and makes a valid point but do you know that their are 10's of millions of married men looking for this exact escape?Originally posted by JackPrescott
A young attractive hottie that loves you, gives you great sex, and pretty much idolizes you?
YEECCHHH!! Who the hell wants that noise, what you need is a great dose of the SINGLES SCENE. Here is my advice.
Break up with her immidiatley, and start hanging out with your male bros, the former Frat Boys who are divorced or unmarried. Go to strip joints to celebrate your newly found freeedom, and drop 400.00 on a woman (All right gentlemen, next up on the Stage is ASIA!!!!Lets let her hear you hollah!!!) who would'nt let you f*** her, ever unless you raped her, and who walked to the next table as soon as the $$$ ran out....Then, after that, spend weekend, after weekend with the all male buddies at the bar, watching MLB and the NBA Finals, and drinking shots and beer and belching, and ......
Dealing with the DATING SCENE! Start flirting with the honies at the bar, until you find a semi interested one, and then buy her drinks, take her out, until you do the dinner and a movie thing, where you drop 75 bucks at a steakhouse and 20 bucks at the cinema, to only have her ask you not to hold her hand, because she "isnt comfortable with that"...and then, after sitting at the film all night with a boner, you can get the "I had a nice time" line, and a bulls*it "Auntie" hug at the end of the date. (You know the one fellas, where she pats your back)
Then, you can go home, and open a copy of the latest Playboy, and rub yourself, imagining you and her having hott sexx, until you explode in an orgasm of pure sexual frustration, while she calls up her "booty call" and makes love for real, and brags how she ordered the Alaskan King Crab Entree, and 5 glasses of wine, on you!!!
Think about it.
Originally posted by NewMan
Very good points Gravy.
We both laugh at the same things. We love Seinfeld kind of humor. Actually - I don't think I've ever seen her upset, mad, or angry. She is always happy. Always has a skip to her walk. She never seem's down or sad (except the one time I broke it off when she cried). Oh - she does have road rage though - when she's driving and we are talking she often shout's at other drivers - but then so do I.
She's the female version of me..... almost reminds me of the Seinfeld episode....
And there might be the problem.
I'd like to say no. I'd also like to think I'm just waiting for the right woman - and that when she comes along I will know it.this is just a wild guess but do you have commitment issues?
Yes - the grass is always greener I suppose. To much of a good thing is as bad as to little. And that was my original point - it's almost to easy....This was a good scenario and makes a valid point but do you know that their are 10's of millions of married men looking for this exact escape?
True - I've heard that. the problem is, I'm looking for more. Yes, she's very much into me - but as a person - i'd like to have someone who challenges my mind. Who can bring something new to my life....It was mentioned here earlier, and a father figure told me this a few years ago. He said " Marry some one who loves you more than you love her" This is great advice but then you start thinking. Am I going to be happy or do I want something more?
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.