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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.
article: The Strange (and Formerly Sexist) Economics of Engagement Rings
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"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Greasy Pig
Master Don Juan
I've argued with women for years about rings.
For instance, is a $20,000 diamond ring more valuable than one the man carved from the world's rarest wood which he had to climb Mt Everest to obtain?
In money terms, of course not. But if the ring is a symbol (and that's really all it is), doesn't the wooden ring symbolise a man's devotion more than a diamond he bought at the mall?
I mean, he had to risk his life to get it and then sit down and hand carve it.
Every woman I've asked this to has scoffed at the wooden ring and ALL said they'd prefer a diamond. Go figure.
For instance, is a $20,000 diamond ring more valuable than one the man carved from the world's rarest wood which he had to climb Mt Everest to obtain?
In money terms, of course not. But if the ring is a symbol (and that's really all it is), doesn't the wooden ring symbolise a man's devotion more than a diamond he bought at the mall?
I mean, he had to risk his life to get it and then sit down and hand carve it.
Every woman I've asked this to has scoffed at the wooden ring and ALL said they'd prefer a diamond. Go figure.
Night-hawk
Master Don Juan
Hmm, interesting way of looking at it. But then again, risk your life for a girl to get her a ring as a symbol of ??? what again?Greasy Pig said:
HAH
lolZarky said:
Seriously, the amount of money some guys spend on a stupid engagment rings I could travel for months and bang exotic babes.
I wonder if women will ever start buying engagement rings for men. That will be a fine day in the Manosphere.
scrouds
Master Don Juan
I'm going to start calling them insurance rings. Thanks! I will keep a place for this in my tool box.
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
If you're woman preconditions her love to you based on some worthless rock (and yes it is worthless were it not for De Beers effectively controlling and manipulating the entire world diamond supply)....then she is a wh0re pure and simple. No offense to the honest wh0res, since at least you know upfront what you're paying for as opposed to those women that hide behind the guise of "if you loved me...." They are the most dangerous to a man's financial and mental well-being.
A good woman worth wifing up would instead have you put the three-four months salary towards building a future together (i.e. a down payment on a home, setting up a college fund, going travelling together, etc.).
A good woman worth wifing up would instead have you put the three-four months salary towards building a future together (i.e. a down payment on a home, setting up a college fund, going travelling together, etc.).