MatureDJ
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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.
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.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
Only if Christopher is a women's name...Let me guess the teacher is a women lolll
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.
Truth... anyone that is upset with the direction of their lives has negative emotions, regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, or race. The reason why people are overly concerned when MEN are upset is because when MEN are emotionally motivated to to do something sh!t happens. When women are upset... the put on pink pvssy hats and march... or do slvt walks, AKA they do NOTHING tangible, and will self sabotage anything they set out to do. Just look at the "MeToo" movement, actually started off as a good thing, bringing attention to sexual abuse. But because it's chicks running this, now they are eating their own, tossing everyone under the bus for meaningless bullsh!t, most of these men are other liberals who support women's causes... the latest Joe Biden, who is likely the best chance the Democrats have to defeat President Trump.I've seen the power of the patriarchy.
I know
what men
can do
when they're angry.
Wow, that's a hopelessly, hilariously misguided and bigoted statement to make. They don't have it easier than any other race. That's a much quoted and often not supported, type of comment. You have no idea how most white people live and/or how difficult they may have it.White people have it way easier than any other race. Boo hoo on them that they are offended that they can be studied like guinea pigs. It's about time IMO
I agreeWow, that's a hopelessly, hilariously misguided and bigoted statement to make. They don't have it easier than any other race. That's a much quoted and often not supported, type of comment. You have no idea how most white people live and/or how difficult they may have it.
Too bad so sad that Quantrell did such a bad job at burning the rats nest in 1863.Campus Reform the #1 Source for College News
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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.
you forgot the incest cases, I know a lot of people say this but never could bother to checkTruth... anyone that is upset with the direction of their lives has negative emotions, regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, or race. The reason why people are overly concerned when MEN are upset is because when MEN are emotionally motivated to to do something sh!t happens. When women are upset... the put on pink pvssy hats and march... or do slvt walks, AKA they do NOTHING tangible, and will self sabotage anything they set out to do. Just look at the "MeToo" movement, actually started off as a good thing, bringing attention to sexual abuse. But because it's chicks running this, now they are eating their own, tossing everyone under the bus for meaningless bullsh!t, most of these men are other liberals who support women's causes... the latest Joe Biden, who is likely the best chance the Democrats have to defeat President Trump.
When MEN are motivated, then governments change, Bolsheviks and Nazis take power, they fly planes into buildings, launch religious crusades.
This isn't 'patriarchy', it's testosterone, the hormone that causes men to go out and do something about their condition. Without this trait the human race would have died out eons ago.
All men are like this, the idea that it's White Men that are the problem is just absurd, but the reason why white men take the brunt of criticism in Western Cultures is because chicks know they can do NOTHING without men... and they need MEN to help them. In the US, they can use other races of men, other than white, to help them or shame white men into supporting them.
Having said that, who cares about this stupid course offered in the middle of no-where, in a State that is only known because of corn, good basketball, and the setting for the Wizard of Oz. If you happen to go to Kansas, then just don't take the course... unless you need an easy "A" as an elective... All you have to do is parrot back nonsense, get your "A" then flush when you are finished.
Pretty much every college town is “left-wing,” mostly because modern American conservatism is founded in anti-intellectualism. Exhibit A: The current POTUS has a fourth-grade vocabulary.KU is in Lawrence, which has a history of being left wing politically that goes back to before the civil war. Culturally, it is the opposite of the rest of Kansas.
I don't think anyone objects to being studied, it's just that we can guess the negative spin this class has on it. Pretty crappy to suggest that people should be offended solely based on their race and gender though.White people have it way easier than any other race. Boo hoo on them that they are offended that they can be studied like guinea pigs. It's about time IMO
I was a young aerospace engineer then, dodging the post-Cold-War defense layoffs, and this character was my hero!All just a little bit of history repeating...Remember the movie Falling Down?
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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.