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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Anyone want to fertilize this harridan's frozen eggs?

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Ashley Marrero isn’t married and doesn’t have kids. And she has a message for women just like her: You can still have it all.
The 43-year-old feels a deep sense of satisfaction from her job as a sales representative for a maker of medical devices, which brings her into contact with patients. And she relishes all of the lifestyle and financial freedoms that come with being a single, child-free woman in a well-paying job. That includes an apartment in New York City, a new beach house on the Jersey Shore, and frequent travel for pleasure as well as work.
“I love my life and feel very fulfilled,” says Marrero, who froze her eggs in 2018 to keep her options open. “I love children, and I love all my friends’ children. But I don’t know if I would love my life with children.”
 

"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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Fvck no...and then have some crazy ass court tell you are required to pay child support? Not taking that chance
 

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Would not fertilize. She's not fat and an adequate face, so she will have no problems finding men to have sex with her, even at her advanced age. Because she's childless, she'd also be attractive to similarly aged childless men and some older men with grown children.

I also do not understand what is so deeply satisfying about a corporate job as a sales representative for a maker of medical devices. Giving up having kids when you want them for a meaningless job sounds like faulty decision making to me.

She has also had a long window available to have children. At 43, she's been able to have kids for 27 years. She finished college as a 22 year old in 2001 and had decent corporate jobs since then (per her LinkedIn), so she's been in at least an adequate place to handle having children for 21 years. It is amazing that she's been reasonably attractive and an adult for 25 years and hasn't managed to find a husband and have babies.
 
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