"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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I should have listened. She broke up with me in the day we have a travelling together

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Im feeling so stupid, giving a change to the single mother I mentioned in a previous post.

I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt just so I wouldn't get ahead of myself. But ignoring the red flags is the stupidest thing a man can do.

In several moments of small arguments she was already giving signs threatnening to break up. I told her that this wasn't good for the relationship. And inside me, my intuition was already telling me that she wanted to end up threatening like that.

However, I have always positioned myself as follows: only insinuate ending a relationship if you really want it. It's a very serious thing to talk about.

Today on the day of our trip, after a more serious discussion yesterday. She simply sent a whatsapp text saying she wanted to break up.

I was still stupid and called to try to talk, because I really wanted to go on this trip with her. And I actually liked her.

But how she kept her word. This hurt me a lot to be honest, but I know there's no going back, because even if she regrets it, I won't go back on a decision like that, even though she was the one who broke up with me.

Despite the regrets, I'm going to spend a little money and take a trip to the beach so I don't miss the vacation I took this month.

Just a rant. I'm not that shaken, but I was upset about what happened.

And I will never have a relationship with a single mother again. And much less do I stay in a relationship where the woman insinuates threats of ending at any small discussion.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Sorry this happened OP.

Men, if a woman ever threatens to leave a relationship, help her by showing the door and telling her to walk.
Thanks! :)

And yep, I will never forget it. At the first time a woman ever do that, I will end as soon as she speak.
 

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Most, if not all, of us, only learn by touching the hot stove. Unfortunately, being told not to touch the hot stove is not enough. We need to touch it to learn the lesson.

Lastly, as I've mentioned, when a woman ends a relationship, you have to accept the fact that in her mind the relationship ended way before letting you know. Letting you know is only a formality.
 

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Most, if not all, of us, only learn by touching the hot stove. Unfortunately, being told not to touch the hot stove is not enough. We need to touch it to learn the lesson.

Lastly, as I've mentioned, when a woman ends a relationship, you have to accept the fact that in her mind the relationship ended way before letting you know. Letting you know is only a formality.
I felt it way before she did that.

I thought I was being paranoid =/
 

"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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Was this an “LTR,” “plate,” or “girlfriend”?
 

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Did you plan on eventually proposing and making her the mother of your children?

If not, though you are understandably upset, this dumping doesn’t matter.

I consider practically nothing of any serious consequence in most “bf-gf” relationships.
 

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Did you plan on eventually proposing and making her the mother of your children?

If not, though you are understandably upset, this dumping doesn’t matter.

I consider practically nothing of any serious consequence in most “bf-gf” relationships.
She wanted to get married after 1 year dating.

But the same way she did it quickly, she also gave up quickly.

Its bad but since it was recently, I agree that its no that serious. It was just so stupid what she did. I really made my part on that relationship
 

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I had learned early in life to take vacations by myself rather than wait to have a woman go with me.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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And I will never have a relationship with a single mother again. And much less do I stay in a relationship where the woman insinuates threats of ending at any small discussion.
Good call. Being dumped by a single mom is almost like being denied service at Burger King because you didn't pass the dress code.
 

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Especially if you are a father who got his child alienated you should know better...

I've been there( and my country is basically Brazil's azzhole :) ) . Lets say you get strike one due to the baby momma. Strike 2 by engaging with a single mother.

Strike 3 probably some 304 you haven't told us about yet LOL. Now you should smarten up and be ahead of the game..

No more mistakes like this bruh..
 
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I had learned early in life to take vacations by myself rather than wait to have a woman go with me.
Most of travel is catered towards established couples.

It does take a certain amount of time within an LTR to get to a point where it is advisable to travel with a girlfriend.

@Blacksheep might have tried to travel too early in a relationship. The relationship has to be on solid footing for travel to happen.

The even more common travel scenario is a married couple traveling with their children under 18.

Travel options for the unattached male are rather limited.

The unattached male is dependent upon male friends (attached or not) for travel. For a man in the USA, this often involves a party trip to a city like Las Vegas, New Orleans, or Miami. The hunting or fishing trip is also a common trip for unattached males.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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Especially if you are a father who got his child alienated you should know better...

I've been there( and my country is basically Brazil's azzhole :) ) . Lets say you get strike one due to the baby momma. Strike 2 by engaging with a single mother.

Strike 3 probably some 304 you haven't told us about yet LOL. Now you should smarten up and be ahead of the game..

No more mistakes like this bruh..
Jamaica?
 

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Im feeling so stupid, giving a change to the single mother I mentioned in a previous post.

I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt just so I wouldn't get ahead of myself. But ignoring the red flags is the stupidest thing a man can do.

In several moments of small arguments she was already giving signs threatnening to break up. I told her that this wasn't good for the relationship. And inside me, my intuition was already telling me that she wanted to end up threatening like that.

However, I have always positioned myself as follows: only insinuate ending a relationship if you really want it. It's a very serious thing to talk about.

Today on the day of our trip, after a more serious discussion yesterday. She simply sent a whatsapp text saying she wanted to break up.

I was still stupid and called to try to talk, because I really wanted to go on this trip with her. And I actually liked her.

But how she kept her word. This hurt me a lot to be honest, but I know there's no going back, because even if she regrets it, I won't go back on a decision like that, even though she was the one who broke up with me.

Despite the regrets, I'm going to spend a little money and take a trip to the beach so I don't miss the vacation I took this month.

Just a rant. I'm not that shaken, but I was upset about what happened.

And I will never have a relationship with a single mother again. And much less do I stay in a relationship where the woman insinuates threats of ending at any small discussion.
The problem is not the woman, it is you. Your level of game gives her room to giving you ****, because she already know that threatening you like that is not going to end up wrong with you. But she is just predicting it, she is also taking risk which means she has lost respect for you. Oh boy you still need to learn a lot. Take it for granted. If you come across another girl saying the same things, be sure that women are outsmarting you by far on the game. Let me tell you what happen. During the relationship, women plan and elaborate based on your reactions, personality, boundaries, etc. A schema of predictability of you. They will try to figure out your blueprint, and once she is quite sure and certain about her conclusions, oh dear, hard to say that but the outcome is always ever the BrakeUp. Interesting right? Welcome to the Game
 
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The problem is not the woman, it is you. Your level of game gives her room to giving you ****, because she already know that threatening you like that is not going to end up wrong with you. But she is just predicting it, she is also taking risk which means she has lost respect for you. Oh boy you still need to learn a lot. Take it for granted. If you come across another girl saying the same things, be sure that women are outsmarting you by far on the game. Let me tell you what happen. During the relationship, women plan and elaborate based on your reactions, personality, boundaries, etc. A schema of predictability of you. They will try to figure out your blueprint, and once she is quite sure and certain about her conclusions, oh dear, hard to say that but the outcome is always ever the BrakeUp. Interesting right? Welcome to the Game
That makes sense! Good point!
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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