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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Divorce Court: He's too nice

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Chamber36

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This is great; funny and educational.
 

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Yeah because Divorce Court is totally real. Even the bailiff is real, he's not a paid actor with a plastic gun. Even the audience definitely doesn't get paid to be there in that real court as hired extras, it's totally not an arbitration court which pays both the defendant and the plaintiff for their appearances.

It's really real television.
 

"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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Alle_Gory said:
Yeah because Divorce Court is totally real. Even the bailiff is real, he's not a paid actor with a plastic gun. Even the audience definitely doesn't get paid to be there in that real court as hired extras, it's totally not an arbitration court which pays both the defendant and the plaintiff for their appearances.

It's really real television.
Unfortunately this crap is real. Everyone is paid, but this crap is reality. My uncle was on the dang show.
 

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Espi said:
True...or, JUST DON'T GET MARRIED!
There is no benefit to marriage for a man. A woman gets a whole lot but a man gets the ability to have to pay child support for a long time, alimony (Sometimes permanent depending on the time/state,) and loses half of his assets minimum (Circumstances do apply) if, like more than half of all marriages, it goes into divorce.

However if he never marries he only has to shell out child support for the amount of time until the kid is 18 and possibly more if the kid goes to college (A part of the kids FAFSA would get sought out from the biological parent.) Why would a man want that possibility?
 

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Divorce Court is as real as "Entourage". That s--- has more producers than "The Brady Bunch" ever did! Another show that takes advantage of poverty stricken Americans.

You have serious issues if you think that is how things go down. They even sell the rights to such trash to places like Russia. How do I know? Because I watch such Russian language trash! Russian trash is my specialty!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI2-UUZQ5eQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Eh, the Russian version. Gotta love how the guy talks about how he married a virgin (still a big deal to non-Anglos), but she wasn't. Outside of that it is the same s--- as the American version.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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The cases are real and the judge are real. But its like a reality tv show they only going show the most outlandish of cases and rarely show the normal ones. Also court is not a lively place to be in its generally very dull and stagnant.

But to op above yeah that woman was worthless.
 
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