Pitt Rule

Attention all boys. please read this. and take it to heart. and ladies? the same goes for you. but instead of Brad Pitt, maybe substitute for Angelina Jolie or some other ridiculously attractive celebrity. apply it.



"So you've decided to stop hanging out with women and start dating them. Congrats. But negotiating the waters of dating can be tricky. A little bit of rejection is part of the game, but no man wants to make a frequent habit of it. Fortunately, there's an almost fail proof way to know whether a lady is into you or not. The Brad Pitt Rule. Here's how it works:

Call up the woman you like and ask her on a date. Did she say yes? Great, she probably likes you. What if she makes an excuse for why she can't go out? Now is the time to employ the Brad Pitt Rule.

Imagine that instead of you, Brad Pitt had asked this same woman out. Would she use the same excuse with him? If Brad Pitt asked her on a date, would she still say she had to study or was going to the movies with her friends that night? Nope. She would  have dropped pretty much anything and everything to be able to accept a date with Brad.

Now you're not Pitt obviously. But if a woman is interested in you, she will drop her other plans to be available to go out with you.

Of course there are exceptions; the woman may have a legitimate reason she cannot make the date. Perhaps she has to work or go to a funeral. But if this is the case - and here is the real clincher - she will then suggest a different time for the date. She will say something along the lines of, 'I can't do it Saturday night; do you want to hang out next weekend instead?'

If she makes up an excuse and does not suggest an alternative plan, you have been shut out. She is not interested. Do not ask her out again. Doing so will only result in awkwardness and you feeling like an emasculated mass of inanity.

But don't worry, she probably isn't as cool as you thought she was since she doesn't appreciate your charms. Start pursuing another lady who will. "

- 'The Brad Pitt Rule'
The Art of Manliness pg.122