Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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About keeping secrets in a LTR

Fela Kuti

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One day, when me and my gf were talking, it turned out that she had a thought about something. When I asked her what it was, she said that she couldn't tell me, and even her best friends didn't know it. So I told her:

"It's not about the secret, but trust. I'm disappointed because I feel I'm not being trusted. You know that the foundation of a good relationship is trust, don't you?"

She answered: "I've always been trying to be honest and open to you. But please, only for this one thing, allow me to keep it to myself. I know that you're disappointed. But if I tell you this, I'm afraid it'll make you disappointed even more."

There's no point of pushing her because I knew she just wouldn't bug. So I just agreed with her.

It's been said that there are things that you better off not knowing. But is this one of them? Because I have a feeling that this secret is something that will affect my view of her. What should I do? And what's your thought about keeping secrets in a LTR. Is it healthy?

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"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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Fela Kuti said:
It's been said that there are things that you better off not knowing. But is this one of them? Because I have a feeling that this secret is something that will affect my view of her. What should I do? And what's your thought about keeping secrets in a LTR. Is it healthy?

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Its not healthy at all.

Open and honest communication is the only way to go and it shows true trust in your partner.
 

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She probably got molested by her dad. Only things like that women really keep to themselves and beg to understand.
 

"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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Fela Kuti

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so the best now is to let her go with her decision to keep it a secret?
 

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Yeah but at the same time show that you respect her decision and that when she is ready you will be.
 

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Of course she thinks you would think less of her, which is why she is not telling you. It's probably nothing - maybe she's got hemhorroids or something embarrassing.
 

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Bible_Belt said:
Of course she thinks you would think less of her, which is why she is not telling you. It's probably nothing - maybe she's got hemhorroids or something embarrassing.
haha, but she said it's something about her way of thinking. she has a thought that is different than the majority of people's thought about that issue.
 

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RE:haha, but she said it's something about her way of thinking. she has a thought that is different than the majority of people's thought about that issue.

She's probably into beastiality :whistle:

Does she have any pets :woo:
 

"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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Fela Kuti

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PectoralisMajor said:
RE:haha, but she said it's something about her way of thinking. she has a thought that is different than the majority of people's thought about that issue.

She's probably into beastiality :whistle:

Does she have any pets :woo:
she has some fishes.
 

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Fela Kuti said:
she has some fishes.
that would be kinky

comic_relief
 

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My image of my longest LTR and the funnest girl so far was shattered when she told me she had a threesome with the least desirable kind if you know what I mean.

Now I am always going to be affected and the price to pay for letting secrets out. It's going to be on the back of my mind for as long as I can be with her. Sometimes I wished she never told me or at least didn't happened in the first place.
 

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One thing that makes me upset about my GF is that she's usually hinting that she has a secret, but when I ask her what it was, she wouldn't tell me. If she's not gonna tell me, then why does she even hint at it?! It drives me mad. What should I do, guys?
 

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then don't let it get to you. be cool man...
what's the big deal? if she wants to tell you, she will.
You have secrets of your own too. when the time is right, she'll tell you. Your reason for being is her is because you like being with her isn't it? so who cares?
If you do like her, accept her wholeheartedly. just be patient
 

"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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Sometimes there are things better left secret. You wouldn't really tell a woman that you bed wetted until you were 15, or discovered another use for vacuum cleaners, just for the sake of being open with her, would you? Because if you did, how would that possibly enhance her view of you? Any good it would do in showing how open you are would be more than marred by the facts you reveal.

Open and honest are two different things. Be honest - but not so fast on the open.

But if you must find out what her secrets are - and know this: sometimes knowing the answer will haunt you for years - go about it like this:

YOU: I'll tell you a secret then you tell me one.
HER: OK.
YOU: (make up something inconsequential, move in closer, real serious and whisper) "When I was 12, my brother made me eat my pet dog's ear when he died.".
SHE: Wow! I f$cked your dad last week.
 
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