"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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11 warning signs that she may have herpes.

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No, asymptomatic viral shedding can happen any time, although it does decrease over the years following initial outbreak. Read the link I posted.
 

"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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dot said:
So are you saying, the only time that you can catch it when they don't have an outbreak, is in the initial 2 week period of them catching it?
an outbreak is the fastest way to spread it.

no one knows how often you can catch it from assymtomatic shedding or not having an outbreak at the time, but they do say it can happen.
 

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penkitten said:
do you have a fever?
do you have swollen lymph nodes?
did the bump begin as a hard knot under the skin, that rose up, and now looks like a single chicken pox?
does is ache in horrible pain?

if you answered no to all of those, i bet it is just an ingrown hair or boil.
which every one gets at one point or another.
None of those. It looks like a pimple and its isolated, no other bumps are around it. Im getting a physical tomorrow so ill have them check it out.
 

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penkitten said:
an outbreak is the fastest way to spread it.

no one knows how often you can catch it from assymtomatic shedding or not having an outbreak at the time, but they do say it can happen.
True, but a good rough estimate is to figure that if 70% of people caught it with no symptoms present, then a person with herpes is contagious without showing symptoms 70% of the time, and that person shows symptoms 30% of the time.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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oakraiderz2 said:
None of those. It looks like a pimple and its isolated, no other bumps are around it. Im getting a physical tomorrow so ill have them check it out.
an infected ingrown hair can look like a zit and sting a little when touched.
you must pop the white part out, eww
then use clean tweezers to dig the hair out.
sometimes they are a pain in the azz.
 

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penkitten said:
an infected ingrown hair can look like a zit and sting a little when touched.
you must pop the white part out, eww
then use clean tweezers to dig the hair out.
sometimes they are a pain in the azz.
Sick. At least its not something too bad.
 

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MDgood said:
True, but a good rough estimate is to figure that if 70% of people caught it with no symptoms present, then a person with herpes is contagious without showing symptoms 70% of the time, and that person shows symptoms 30% of the time.
so no matter what it depends on our ability to read them. wow. and even then they might not even know about it.

any mucuous membrane so that means kissing too.

the worst part is no signs, even on the girl's part.
 

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dot said:
so no matter what it depends on our ability to read them. wow. and even then they might not even know about it.

any mucuous membrane so that means kissing too.

the worst part is no signs, even on the girl's part.
It's like if they show symptoms (open oozing genital lesions) 4 days out of the month, then they're actually shedding 4/30%, or 13 to 14 days out o the month. You hook up once with a girl like that and you risk a 50% chance of being exposed to the virus (though not actually a 50% chance of catching it).

It's a dangerous world out there. That's why you stay suspicious of women who have fvcked 10 or more guys, who lost their virginity before they were 16, who like to date guys who live in another state, who are attractive or successful and can never seem to "find the right guy," or who just come right out and ask to fvck you. You don't screw them on the first date. You ask them questions. Generally if they know you're onto them they'll tell you they have genital herpes. If they're evil, they won't.
 

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To be fair, I don’t laugh at std jokes either and I’m clean but I don’t find anything funny about diseases
 

"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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