"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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Age of texting: is it rude if they refer to you as 'u'?

bigneil

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I have always been secretly offended when a girl texts me and refers to me as 'u'.

"How r u?"

Am I just being too old-fashioned?

I feel like saying "If you can't type the 'yo' then f u!"
 

"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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cablecow15

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lol say that and see how far you get
 

Chickfight

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Don't be offended, cause they're not doing it intentionally to be rude or disrespectful. If it really bothers u, find someone who doesn't do it :)
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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Mike32ct

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bigneil said:
I have always been secretly offended when a girl texts me and refers to me as 'u'.

"How r u?"

Am I just being too old-fashioned?

I feel like saying "If you can't type the 'yo' then f u!"
Texting is full of shortcuts, abbreviations, slang, and very loose grammar to minimize typing. It is absolutely not intended to be rude.
 

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This thread is ridiculous
 
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