RickTheToad
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Marriage Has Become a Trophy
A wedding is no longer the first step into adulthood that it once was, but, often, the last.
"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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"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.
Interesting that marriage took place AFTER children were all born.
Probably a good idea, that way you can see how fertile she is and if her weight and stabilised moods return back to normal after births.
There is a fun questionnaire book that could have been in high school curriculums.Here's the title in case you want to try this with your lady Toad.
Probably a good idea, that way you can see how fertile she is and if her weight and stabilised moods return back to normal after births.
There is a fun questionnaire book that could have been in high school curriculums.Here's the title in case you want to try this with your lady Toad.
RickTheToad
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Interesting, but not interested in marrying the State or deal with anymore family courts or attorneys. Once is more than enough for me.
Yes. I'm never marrying either.
Just seen your influx of marriage and engagement and giving house keys related threads over past 7 months or so and recognise the pressure is on you.
There's questions in this book that are provoking and revealing, the way even an intended religious wedding bride would answer them. Yes, you mentioned you would concede a religious wedding in one of your posts- I was shocked but completely understand your pressure.
Its one thing to glibly discuss these topics on an internet forum with profiles from around the world and quite another thing to be the participant in the relationship living out the posts as you type them.
My suggestion of this book is my gift to you, that maybe would further help you, I bought this book myself for my own next LTR(just scratch out the word marry) which would apply and help me#relationshipconversationstarters
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"Today, marriage is a much more central part of family life among the college educated."
To me, this really says that marriage is much more central to the blue-pilled lemmings who dutifully jump thru all the hoops that society expects them to jump thru.
And the atlantic being the woke trash that it is, they have to say that marriage is a heterosexual institution that should be transcended.
To me, this really says that marriage is much more central to the blue-pilled lemmings who dutifully jump thru all the hoops that society expects them to jump thru.
And the atlantic being the woke trash that it is, they have to say that marriage is a heterosexual institution that should be transcended.
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.