"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.
Been to jail/know someone in jail?
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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.
Helter Skelter
Master Don Juan
Lets see, what can I do to get me 10 years in the slammer.
Any suggestions?
It has to be something cool as I don't want anyone thinking of me, anything less than a DJ.
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The added bonus is that your stay in a mental institution is not dictated by the law. It's decided by your caretakers and they can keep you there for the rest of your life.
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Be careful, you'll make Myldfire all hot and bothered and want to marry you.
Not usually...but my fiance' was like a needle in a haystack. And yes, he was an amazing man. When a priest who has been invited to play the piano all over the world for leaders of nations (including the Vatican) drives 3 hours in a BLIZZARD to deliver a prisoner's eulogy AND breaks down and cries while doing so, yeah, it's a pretty damn good sign he was an amazing and wonderful person. Anyone who looks only at 15 minutes of a person's life and deeds and overlooks everything else is blind and foolish.
Furthermore, you don't even know why he was in prison. In this state, if you are present during the commission of a felony, you get charged equally...as if you committed the crime...even if you didn't. This is what happened with my fiance'. He was with some guy who committed an assault. The victim even testified (I saw his statements and the court transcripts) that my fiance' never laid a hand on him. He took a plea agreement and pled no contest because he felt guilty for not stopping the assault, even though he was too drunk to do anything. The judge threw out the plea bargain but wouldn't allow him to change his plea. My fiance' actually won a case against the state over that and was given a settlement for his rights being violated.
"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.
Spike_the_Dragon
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Ha ha ha... nah, I don't usually ignore people. I think its actually pretty funny that she wants to rip me a new *******
As if.
Wyldfire, I weep for your future. Lose the attitude... it really doesn't make you look any smarter.
mroriginal
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Mind if I use that quote?
GlutusMaximus86
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No offense, but that quote has been around for years.
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
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.
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ive got a couple friends in jennifer road and a couple in jessup