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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.
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.
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
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.
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.).