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.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
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.
exactly.Originally posted by Mischka
Oh, now I see. Wyldfire is right, ok. What a mess in my brain I had.
actually mischka, my attorney during my divorce said that child support and visitation are seperate matters and that if my ex husband didnt pay the support, i would have to file a motion in court about it. if i didnt let him have his visitation, he would have to file a motion in court about it.Originally posted by Mischka
Let him pay child support for 2 years or something, then the matter is closed, she doesn't get money, he may not visit etc.
Huh? so the next time I get a b!tch pregnant I can just "sign over my rights"?? Even if I have well paying job and she lives in the poor house, shes not going to laugh in my face and tell me "Yeah RIGHT money bags"?.Originally posted by penkitten
thats why i say, if you dont want to be a part of their lives and see them and love them and you dont wanna pay the money,if having a child is not what you want, sign over your rights if possible. let the other parent just have all the rights as opposed to taking you to court and letting the system foreclose on you!
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Huh? so the next time I get a b!tch pregnant I can just "sign over my rights"?? Even if I have well paying job and she lives in the poor house, shes not going to laugh in my face and tell me "Yeah RIGHT money bags"?.
Well unfortunately real life shows us most women are NOT like you, and that option is very rarely given to men, so it kind of makes your option a moot point.Originally posted by penkitten
personally, i would rather someone sign over their rights and let me and my child move on with our lives rather than never come around to know my child and hide out from the state to not pay support.
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
No it doesn't...I'm just big on people taking responsibility for their choices in life. I have no use for people who think they should be able to make babies and not support them.Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova
That explains it...
Originally posted by familyguyfan
I didn't read the thread but here is my solution on ridding the country of fucked up kids because their deadbeat parents can't care for them.
SOLUTION:
At the age of 14, give EVERY single girl Norplant. For those of you who don't know what Norplant is, it's an implant that goes under the woman's skin. It is a birth control that is 99.9% effective and lasts for either 4 or 5 years (I can't remember which). There. Other than a few rare cases, no more teenage pregnancies. Sure, this would be an expensive endeavor, as the Norplant procedure costs about $900, but I think in the long run it would be a better investment. It probably would be cheaper than housing half of those kids in jails later on. Fewer thugs, disease-ridden hookers, and criminals.
Now, there is still the issue over the girls that are over 18, but still haven't really gotten their life together (still in school, haven't gotten a job yet, whatever). I haven't come up with a great idea yet as to what to do when their first implant is expired, but there are a few options. One could be that every girl gets another one, and those that want a kid in the next 4-5 years could apply to have their implant removed. Or maybe we wouldn't give girls another Norplant at all after they turned 18. I don't know. I just know that girls should definitely have it in their teens. Nothing good comes from teenage pregnancies.
So who's with me?
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.
Chastity Belts for BOTH males and females until marriage. I'm all for it 100%.Originally posted by penkitten
very good idea, however those norplants are dangerous and have been known to cause health problems .
i say its chastity belts like back in the old days.
What are chastity belts?Originally posted by penkitten
very good idea, however those norplants are dangerous and have been known to cause health problems .
i say its chastity belts like back in the old days.
Restrictive undies that lock so nothing can get in or out of 'em.Originally posted by familyguyfan
What are chastity belts?
everyone will be on ebay trying to purchase crow bars....Originally posted by Wyldfire
Restrictive undies that lock so nothing can get in or out of 'em.
Oh. Well that's dumb. I hope you were kidding when you said you supported them 100% until marriage.Originally posted by Wyldfire
Restrictive undies that lock so nothing can get in or out of 'em.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.