Pierce Manhammer
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I’m wondering how many posters are veterans, peacetime or combat. Regardless of country. If combat, please mention theatre, if so inclined.
Desert Storm, Armor.
Desert Storm, Armor.
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
Are you a Military Veteran?
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"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.
Scaramouche
Master Don Juan
Hi Pierce,
I was a very reluctant Serviceman,I hated the Army and they hated me,yes I saw service in Vietnam,but never fired a shot in anger,If they were honest most didn't!
I was a very reluctant Serviceman,I hated the Army and they hated me,yes I saw service in Vietnam,but never fired a shot in anger,If they were honest most didn't!
ManFromTartarus
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US Army, peacetime, 2nd Infantry, DMZ Korea
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Nope.
Scaramouche
Master Don Juan
Hi Fruitbat,
Yeah the Brits treat their Servicemen like Shvit,and they are as good as any in the World....I became related to an American Korean War Veteran,Poor Old Bvugger got Parkinsons,the US used to Fly him once a month from Woolongong NSW,to Hawai for Hospital treatment,very impressive.
"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Pierce Manhammer
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The poll is meant to discriminate between those who saw combat and those who did not. To me, being in a FOB qualifies as combat, even if you were a cook, aka Fobbit. Were you in harm's way—a drone driver in a refrigerated van in Arizona—dropping GBUs is not a combat vet.
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Pierce Manhammer
Moderator
This is an interesting response, the only thing that comes to mind is it’s the result of thinking that there’s a subtext that says one thing is more valuable than the other.
This thread is not meant to be exclusionary in any way, it is an informal social science exercise I’m conducting to understand the military background of the few folks on the board who’ve served, commonality in their thought processes and world view.
I don’t mean to leave any members out of the thread, but it is limited to those who served in the military. In peacetime or in a military conflict theatre where they were subject to the effects of military combat.
Scaramouche
Master Don Juan
Don't listen to him Lads he's working undercover,recruiting for Vyladimir Zelensky.....You'll all get Pressganged LOL.