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Been listening to a lot of Chris Stapleton lately and don't you all agree?
His stuff is pretty bluesy.
"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.
Country singer Chris Stapleton can pass as a blues musician.
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Been listening to a lot of Chris Stapleton lately and don't you all agree?
His stuff is pretty bluesy.
"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.
Travel memoir21
Master Don Juan
I thought his star spangle banner cover at the Super Bowl was awesome. There truly is a lack of quality music in today's generation, everything just seems so bland and trendy. I've got to pretty much go to Coffee Shops or acoustic opening night mic bars in certain nights to get my musical high live. I pretty much have to get my old playlist of the early 2000s whenever I'm having a pool party or backyard bbq get together with the guys in our backyard. Good stuff.
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Thank God for Texas/Red Dirt Country. ITs the only saving grace for that genre of music these days. NASHVILLE is the reason country sucks. They control what gets played on mainstream radio.
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Yeah... This social climate we've been in from '16-Today(Where everyone who isn't a well-established creator is sweating cancelation, for saying something either "Problematic" or "Blue Pill")hasn't done the arts any favors. Music included
The standard rationalization we hear("There's just too many distractions for artists to break through anymore")doesn't hold up, for the simple fact that YouTube and streaming services were already ubiquitous in The Early 10s, yet we still had venerated bangers on our airwaves on a regular basis. Today, by contrast, most(though certainly not all)"hits" are cover tunes or artists recycling hit songs which are often decades old ala. Taylor Swift
"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.
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Lol...I'm listening to some Lenny Kravitz right now. What's funny to me is that dude only have 1.6 million subsribers on his youtube account and someone like Taylor Swift who makes bland poppy music has billions of subscribers over this guy. That should tell you the state of the current music industry right now. Back in the 70s, Men and Women favored bands like Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones equally.