"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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in the ny area, a reasonable expectation is to spend about 4-5,000 a month for basic standard of living. you are not living in anything but a studio or 1br at that rate on a 2nd rate neighborhood, and you're just getting by.
 

"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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It’s an employer’s market. If your employer tells you to come into the office, the incentive to comply is simply to keep your job. And if the company has already proven it can operate without a physical office, it can just as easily look overseas or towns with lower costs for talent.
again, you're talking way out of your element. i get calls constantly, about relocating. and by relocating i mean changing firms and still sitting in the same chair i am now, in my bedroom, unshaven, in mesh shorts. i could get a 1.5 mil + paycheck, today, if i wanted to uproot my business and go. it's not an 'employers market.' there are always pockets that are good, and pockets that are struggling. you really should stop posting.
 

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Why would an employer spend over 50k to relocate someone across the country
In most cases, employers don't need to pay relocation costs in bigger USA cities if they want someone physically present for that line of work. They can find what they need in the local labor market.

An employer in a smaller or mid-sized city might need to pay relocation costs if they want someone physically present.

Remote work has been around long before the pandemic, so it's nothing new.
This is true.

Getting hired as a remote worker in most fields would have been quite difficult circa 2010.
 

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Why would an employer spend over 50k to relocate someone across the country, especially if they already handle work outside their territory or even internationally? Remote work has been around long before the pandemic, so it's nothing new. Given my job description and expertise, it makes no sense for my company to spend over 50k to relocate me to their headquarters or replace me with someone there, as my role is entirely based on the territory around me. The jobs being shifted back to offices were mostly traditional office roles, which were already impacted by outsourcing and AI. Yes, AI and computer automation existed well before the pandemic too. Many of these jobs returning to offices seemed like an effort to cut headcount before layoffs. As a result, if you were called back to the office then you are actually more replaceable than someone that remained remote.
Wait, in your original post you said you and your SO, so is the 50K coming from you, or the employer?

That’s why I said the main incentive to go into the office is simply to keep your job. It’s about compliance with what the employer wants.
 

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Wait, in your original post you said you and your SO, so is the 50K coming from you, or the employer?

That’s why I said the main incentive to go into the office is simply to keep your job. It’s about compliance with what the employer wants.
Not every job is a basic desk job that just needs someone to fill a seat, and RTO isn't practical for every employee. Maybe the employer is actually not insane and recognizes the value of a cost-benefit analysis, balancing remote roles with those in the office.
 

"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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In most cases, employers don't need to pay relocation costs in bigger USA cities if they want someone physically present for that line of work. They can find what they need in the local labor market.

An employer in a smaller or mid-sized city might need to pay relocation costs if they want someone physically present.
Some roles involve travel, working in territories beyond HQ, or requiring specialized experience that necessitates hiring from outside the local talent pool, often leading to high relocation costs for new hires.
 

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again, you're talking way out of your element. i get calls constantly, about relocating. and by relocating i mean changing firms and still sitting in the same chair i am now, in my bedroom, unshaven, in mesh shorts. i could get a 1.5 mil + paycheck, today, if i wanted to uproot my business and go. it's not an 'employers market.' there are always pockets that are good, and pockets that are struggling. you really should stop posting.
My first-hand experience is different. At my company, accounts payable and SAP data master tasks are handled in India, and our IT service desk is outsourced to the Philippines.

You’re in sales, so being poached by the competition is common. In my case, I’ve personally seen around six colleagues leave in the 2 years to competitions because the company is being cheap with commissions and unwilling to adjust pricing, which makes the job harder overall.

It’s an employer’s market right now due to inflation, an unstable economy, and an increase in available candidates.
 

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My first-hand experience is different. At my company, accounts payable and SAP data master tasks are handled in India, and our IT service desk is outsourced to the Philippines.

You’re in sales, so being poached by the competition is common. In my case, I’ve personally seen around six colleagues leave in the 2 years to competitions because the company is being cheap with commissions and unwilling to adjust pricing, which makes the job harder overall.
You’re first hand experience =/= the entirety of the United States or world economy
 

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I haven’t checked in decades but what I would suggest if still possible …Go to the bureau of labor statistics. They used to offer a projective list of what the best jobs were going to be and median expected pay for the future. Look at it and realize what you’re capable of doing and then adjust accordingly. Best thing I ever did for myself.
 

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My first-hand experience is different. At my company, accounts payable and SAP data master tasks are handled in India, and our IT service desk is outsourced to the Philippines.
If your job can easily replaced by an Indian or AI then you are going to be replaced whether you are remote or in an office.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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You’re first hand experience =/= the entirety of the United States or world economy
Your whole original post was about your first-hand experience, and I quote: “I get calls constantly, about relocating… I could get a 1.5 mil + paycheck, today, if I wanted to uproot my business and go.”

By your logic, your first-hand experience doesn’t represent the entirety of the U.S. or global economy either. I’m just sharing my own experience in a different context.
 

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Your whole original post was about your first-hand experience, and I quote: “I get calls constantly, about relocating… I could get a 1.5 mil + paycheck, today, if I wanted to uproot my business and go.”

By your logic, your first-hand experience doesn’t represent the entirety of the U.S. or global economy either. I’m just sharing my own experience in a different context.
Because you made the conclusive statement to someone looking for advice, that its an employer’s market, because you work in a shyt industry, and you contextualized your garbage career where you make peanuts into the entirety of knowledge, as usual

You may want to change your handle to Gaslight50
 

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Because you made the conclusive statement to someone looking for advice, that its an employer’s market, because you work in a shyt industry, and you contextualized your garbage career where you make peanuts into the entirety of knowledge, as usual

You may want to change your handle to Gaslight50
I gave my advice based on what the OP should do, and I was participating in a conversation about working in the office and the incentive for an employee to comply with what the employer wants. I also explained why compliance makes sense in a loose employer’s market.

You jumped into the conversation with your anecdotes, and I simply shared mine. You cannot call me out for using personal experience when you did the same in your original post.

Let me ask you: why the temper tantrums? Why the assumptions about my personal life and the personal attacks? You can’t even debate the argument itself. If you have a problem with me, that’s fine, but I suggest taking it to the mods, or better yet, you’re welcome to leave the site.
 

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If your job can easily replaced by an Indian or AI then you are going to be replaced whether you are remote or in an office.
In my opinion, this applies to almost every white-collar job. If employees don’t need to be on-site or visiting customer locations, the work can be done from anywhere in the world.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

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I gave my advice based on what the OP should do, and I was participating in a conversation about working in the office and the incentive for an employee to comply with what the employer wants. I also explained why compliance makes sense in a loose employer’s market.

You jumped into the conversation with your anecdotes, and I simply shared mine. You cannot call me out for using personal experience when you did the same in your original post.

Let me ask you: why the temper tantrums? Why the assumptions about my personal life and the personal attacks? You can’t even debate the argument itself. If you have a problem with me, that’s fine, but I suggest taking it to the mods, or better yet, you’re welcome to leave the site.
You said it’s an employers market. You got proven wrong. You cannot gaslight a long winded answer out of it.
 

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You said it’s an employers market. You got proven wrong. You cannot gaslight a long winded answer out of it.
No, I didn’t, and I didn’t gaslight anyone. Sounds like a bit of projection on your part.
 

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It’s an employer’s market. If your employer tells you to come into the office, the incentive to comply is simply to keep your job. And if the company has already proven it can operate without a physical office, it can just as easily look overseas or towns with lower costs for talent.
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"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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