No, yes. I wouldn't mind a woman that was richer than me and spent money on me.Do you have a woman or want one?
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.
No, yes. I wouldn't mind a woman that was richer than me and spent money on me.Do you have a woman or want one?
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.
Why do you want one? Why don’t you have one?No, yes.
That happens regardless. Married men never have the upper hand. Period.Maybe they maintain an outward appearance of being fine but make no mistake the men are treated like a b!tch in their own house by them behind closed doors when nobody is around.
No it doesn't. Perhaps the people who think about "upper hands" are the reason why their marriages don't actually work.That happens regardless. Married men never have the upper hand. Period.
Oh yeah?That happens regardless. Married men never have the upper hand. Period.
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.
How do your friends who are cheating have the upper hand? I would suspect that they are cheating because they’re unhappy in their relationship, and they know that if they went to court they would lose a boat load of money. Your friends sound like their wives have them completely by the balls to be honest.Oh yeah?
Does that go for my former friend who told his wife, “I’ll give you a million dollars to leave,” for her to decline the offer, and who repeatedly cheated with no resultant divorce?
How about my acquaintance, a surgeon, who cheated, with no resultant divorce?
Or a multimillionaire friend of my family with a stay-at-home wife? Though their marriage is fine, if heaven forbid something were to go wrong, he could bury her in divorce court?
I agree with the above though, despite two bad examples provided here, having an upper hand on another is a bad sign.
Cuz I'm heterosexual male. And I've never had a conversation with a woman before. By that I mean, all the conversations I had, are where women say the "minimum required" and ends with I end the conversation, which is when I run out of things to say.Why do you want one? Why don’t you have one?
Do men ever have the upper hand in marriages, or should I say, relationships? Aside from the early 1900s...No it doesn't. Perhaps the people who think about "upper hands" are the reason why their marriages don't actually work.
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.
Doesn't exist. And they (non-professional) would charge a lot, for an employment-cell.@NealIRC have you sought professional counseling ever? Might help…
The tough guy parade CONTINUESJust because you were your wife's doormat doesn't mean other men suffer the same fate.
Every single relationship of any kind has an uneven distribution of power. In the case of marriage, all law and custom is on her side — it’s the apex of the delusion you see around these parts to believe you’re anything but a bug hoping not to be squashed.You're the one talking about having the 'upper hand'. I guess you were never in a real LTR/marriage.
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.
Wow, OWNED. So many BIG SWINGING ****S on this here boardYeah, that's what I thought. Thanks for the confirmation.
There's quite a major amount of exceptions.Chris Rock said it best…it’s your fault your daughter is on the stripper pole.