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.

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doctoroxygen

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I'm curious if anyone here is into climbing - rock, ice or bouldering. I started about two years ago, stopped for a long time, then started back into in the last month. It's awesome exercise.
 

"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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Francisco d'Anconia

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I'm picking it up too. Seems to be more and more hotties getting into it! :up:
 

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I am looking into climbing. I want to do expedition climbing when I get some cash. I might go to Alaska to work as a fish processor this summer. Looking to take an ice climbing class as a reward and maybe hit up the Denalis but more likely a smaller range.

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Celadus said:
I might go to Alaska to work as a fish processor this summer.
Do you actually know what you're getting yourself into? Good luck with that if you choose to do it, as you're not going to stop smelling like fish for a very long time - and I hear those women in Alaska really have it going on. :rolleyes:

Rock climbing here in Louisiana is pretty much nonexistant. There are a few spots at LSU that have the facilities for it (bouldering walls, etc) but for the most part nobody around here is interested.
 

"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.

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doctoroxygen

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One of my friends did that fish processing for three weeks last summer. Loads of money, terrible time. Funny sh!t.
 

Celadus

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Did he quit?

I think it will be ok...I will probably be taking on a Stock Trading job that pays on commission so I need to suck it up and save some money to live on until I am profitable.

Celadus
 

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i went through a rock climbing training course before, awesome stuff! Its amazing how you can do things you never thought possible before.. We did a lot of urban climbing and stuff too. I miss it, I should get into it again.
 
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