FlexpertHamilton
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Then add Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
"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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"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
DarwinTaurus
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Great book, I own a copy.
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Presumably these were tomes written before he degenerated into a real life version of Billy Madison https://www.youtube.com/live/BdS5klAgQrw?si=jznM2_Xklk9OyMYi
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From the bar to the bedroom https://www.amazon.com/AskMen-com-Presents-Bar-Bedroom-Pleasuring/dp/0061208523
Undateable https://www.amazon.com/Undateable-Things-Guarantee-Dating-Having/dp/034552067X
Undateable https://www.amazon.com/Undateable-Things-Guarantee-Dating-Having/dp/034552067X
"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.
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Is the point of reading all of these books to have more to talk about with women, or simply to entertain ourselves?
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FlexpertHamilton
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Maybe they are but they're not enough unless your only single goal in life is to theorize about women and self-development. The fact that Meditations or a single work of philosophy or evolutionary psychology still isn't on there ruins the credibility and I'll keep repeating that.
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I'd add this one
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Is the point of reading non PUA/game/dating books to have things to talk with women about?
"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.