"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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For The Tinder Swindler Types

taiyuu_otoko

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I've seen a few of these documentaries.

Guy lies his way into a woman's life, steals her money, breaks her heart, whatever.

My question is if a dude's got no problem lying his way into a woman's life, why do they always go after the old hags?

None of the ladies in these docs are anything to write home about...
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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Vanderdonck

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I saw the Tinder Swindler doc and vaguely remember the women being in their 30s and having their act together professionally. Just googled them and they don't look so bad if you were an older guy. Not my types but they don't seem like hags.

So am guessing that they were at a more "desperate" stage in life romantically and also had fluid money that he could extract since career wise they were doing all right.
 

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Guy lies his way into a woman's life....
We all employ "spin" when pursuing mates, career advancement, etc etc. This only becomes corrosive, when someone starts taking everyone else in the vicinity for a ride, and giving very little in return
 

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So am guessing that they were at a more "desperate" stage in life romantically and also had fluid money that he could extract since career wise they were doing all right.
That makes sense.

I guess are doing it not just for the poon, but for the cash.
 

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I've seen a few of these documentaries.

Guy lies his way into a woman's life, steals her money, breaks her heart, whatever.

My question is if a dude's got no problem lying his way into a woman's life, why do they always go after the old hags?

None of the ladies in these docs are anything to write home about...
You kinda answered your own question.

Why does a predator go for an injured predator when it's strong enough to get the healthy ones?

Because it's about the easy kill. The young hot woman is a Hunter herself.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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