LucianoM
Senior Don Juan
Move to phillipines or thailand
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.
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.
That's what you would do? Are you even interested in the people and culture? Getting into it solely for women would be a bad idea.Move to phillipines or thailand
First off take some time for yourself.Go see the world.Hi guys! Recently, my wife asked me for a divorce so now I find myself separated. I'm 60 years old, but still in great health and have a great libido. I've been told I don't look my age and honestly, I don't feel my age. I'm semi-retired and am financially secure with an IRA, I work part-time, and am building a side hustle. I'm not particularly fond of women my age (I'm sure you understand). I have no ambitions of marrying ever again. So what's a guy to do? Any suggestions?
There's the beautiful Bangkok air pollution to marvel at.That's what you would do? Are you even interested in the people and culture? Getting into it solely for women would be a bad idea.
They have to finish trolling the forum first. I'm with @Chowdah on this one.First off take some time for yourself.Go see the world.
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
What was the reason given for the divorce? Were things heading downhill for a while or did she catch you off guard? Do you live in a decently large populated area? That will obviously effect the amount of options you have
Sure! Why not? Things were kinda on the downhill slide for a while.Are you willing to bang the hotwives your age? They're still old but generally decent for their age and from what I can tell there's little attitude.
I don't think I look too shab and I'm financially secure.If you look good for your age and have money you should have no issue pulling women 10-15 years younger.
Sure! Why not? Things were kinda on the downhill slide for a while.
Harder but not impossible. The two things holding most people back are they think their workouts are far more intense than they actually are and aren't willing to push themselves part what they think is their limit, which is really just a self imposed limit in their mind, and they don't lift heavy enough weights.I already am, and I'm diligent on workouts, but it's science and nature that proves gaining a lot of muscle at 60 is extremely difficult. All the T boosters and protein powder in the world isn't going to change that.
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.
There's a lot of articles on the subject that say the same thing and try to give old guys encouragement, but all of them make clear how much harder it is. The systems in your body that build don't work as well when you get older, so even with prescribed TRT treatments, a specialized diet, and intense workouts it still may be out of reach to build *A LOT* of muscle at over 60.Harder but not impossible. The two things holding most people back are they think their workouts are far more intense than they actually are and aren't willing to push themselves part what they think is their limit, which is really just a self imposed limit in their mind, and they don't lift heavy enough weights.
Intensity of workouts can never be duplicates by spending more time. Ie, a 20 minute intense workout will always get better results than a 60 minute non-intense one.
Go out and enjoy life, you've earned it. Travel while you're still young enough.Hi guys! Recently, my wife asked me for a divorce so now I find myself separated. I'm 60 years old, but still in great health and have a great libido. I've been told I don't look my age and honestly, I don't feel my age. I'm semi-retired and am financially secure with an IRA, I work part-time, and am building a side hustle. I'm not particularly fond of women my age (I'm sure you understand). I have no ambitions of marrying ever again. So what's a guy to do? Any suggestions?