Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single
She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
Best (motivational) quotes you know
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"I just moved here from Florida."
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.
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Bible_Belt
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http://www.despair.com/demotivators.html
Between_The_Lines
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Dgwizdal
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"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.
ImTheDoubleGreatest!
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"I am the greatest!" - Muhammad Ali.
"I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest!" - Muhammad Ali.
"I am gonna show you how great I am." - Muhammad Ali.
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." - Muhammad Ali.
"To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are." - Muhammad Ali.
(This one is for you guys) "My toughest fight was with my first wife." - Muhammad Ali.
"I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want." - Muhammad Ali.
"I am the greatest; I said that even before I knew I was." - Muhammad Ali.
"All my life, I was told that I am not sh!t, that I'm ugly, not athletic, and that there is nothing special about me except all the bad traits in a person. Well to all you motherfvckers, look who's the big man now? Smarter, stronger, more socially apt, and better than ALL of you! NO one could have done what I have done in my life. NO ONE! So yeah, go ahead. Call me scrawny, ugly, weak, wussy, say that you can snap me like a twig with one finger one more time! It'll only make me stronger as I prove ALL of you wrong a THOUSAND times over! :box: :box: :box: " - Me.
"Look dude, you do what you gotta do. And deep down inside, you know EXACTLY what it is that you gotta do. The choice is yours if you want to follow through. But if you don't, hey man, that's on you." - Me.
I just realized something, the above [sort of] rhymes.
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Like Muhammad it's the truth
Can't escape from the common rule
If you hate something don't you do it too
Not for you, Pearl Jam
"Doing what you have always done, gets you what you've always gotten."
"You can't have a positive outcome with negative energy. So do what gives you positive energy first, then find your positive outcome."
"The inability to delay gratification leads to the biggest downfalls"
"The greatest and fastest gains in relationships happen when people just stop doing things that are negative. You don't even have to do anything new, just stop the endless displays of low value and negative energy"
Epi
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"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.
I love those, here are some more.Bible_Belt said:
http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/top_40_demotivational_posters.html
Alltime favorite:
http://www.sharenator.com/D_D_D_Dem...onal_posters_my_way_get_out_of_it-139364.html
As far as answering the OP, check out Classics of Strategy and Counsel, by Thomas Cleary. I recommend every DJ get this three book series yesterday, OOP and usually expensive on Ebay but worth every penny.