Lol, in my case, most of the people doing the undermining are actually women, so there is a lot of truth to your statement.leeraconteur said:Guys like this aren't even Betas, they aren't even Losers, they aren't even Men.
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.