"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

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.

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forcerecon01

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Happy Memorial day weekend. What are you guys gonna do this weekend? Up here in Madison Wisconsin there is a brat fest for local charities I might go to.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Housesitting, cutting grass in my MARPAT bottoms because they hide grass and dirt the best, remembering all my buds that self-deleted post-separation and then figuring out how to get a 100% P&T rating.
 

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It is the Soldier

It is the Soldier, not the minister, who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to protest.

It is the Soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote.

It is the Soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.

Hooah
 

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Hitting every plate. 2 Friday, 2 so far today with #3 showing up shortly, and probably another two on the big day. I’m getting too old for this crap, may be time to avail myself of pharmaceutical help.

Eating good food, and generally just chilling. Life is good.
 

"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.

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forcerecon01

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Hitting every plate. 2 Friday, 2 so far today with #3 showing up shortly, and probably another two on the big day. I’m getting too old for this crap, may be time to avail myself of pharmaceutical help.

Eating good food, and generally just chilling. Life is good.
Good to hear !
 
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Enjoying the food in Oahu, excited for the lantern floating festival tomorrow
Appreciate those that have given service!
 

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I have a couple of friends who asked military going to hang out with them the last year was a lot better got to go to the local parade this year just chill how about yourself?
 

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This we’ll defend!
 

"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.

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