thunderbolt
Don Juan
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just curious. if so why or why not? reason i ask is the consensus has been that all of them are evil, but once in awhile i meet one that is an exception.
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
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.
Maximus Rex said:However, Rex believes that they lack integrity, in addition to not valuing loyalty and friendship.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
ThisMaximus Rex said:However, Rex believes that they lack integrity, in addition to not valuing loyalty and friendship.
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.
I think Midnight City's absolutely right. Women are different from men, I don't think anybody here is going to deny that.MidnightCity said:good and evil are just concepts.
animals do horrible things to each other all the time. it doesnt make them evil. its merely natural. basic observation and understanding will tell you that such behavior is rooted in survival.
same goes for men and women.
hypergamy is ruthless and harsh. but so is male sexual selectivity. 2 sides of the same coin.
I feel so fortunate to have such a great mother, but I know the majority are not. My father divorced my mother in 84. She objected but got remarried after. My mom is a nurse of many years.No.Danny said:They are.
UNTIL proven otherwise. I can tell you this because even my mother doesn't respect my father.
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.