"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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Do you think the story of Adam feeling shame in the Garden of Eden is metaphor for the shame that men feel in rejection?

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I was watching this video (it's about Star Wars Episode IX), and the author makes this very deep philosophical analogy:


Before a man gets rejected, he feels as though he is in the garden where he can so anything. However, once he tries for a woman and gets rejected, he feels the shame as he eats from the tree of knowledge and discovers the difficulty of being a man and attaining the conquest of women.
 

"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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I think you mean gendered manipulation.
 

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I was watching this video (it's about Star Wars Episode IX), and the author makes this very deep philosophical analogy:


Before a man gets rejected, he feels as though he is in the garden where he can so anything. However, once he tries for a woman and gets rejected, he feels the shame as he eats from the tree of knowledge and discovers the difficulty of being a man and attaining the conquest of women.
Adam was put into a con job. Eve was enamoured by the notion of the possibility of eating of the fruit and "being like God." as in, the 1st man isn't good enough. The benchmark is God. A feat no man no matter how great can never reach. The Stephen Curry wife comments portrays the following.

The fall of man and banishment in the garden of Eden is a by project of female hypergamy and man following a woman's lead lulz nothing good comes of it.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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Adam was put into a con job. Eve was enamoured by the notion of the possibility of eating of the fruit and "being like God." as in, the 1st man isn't good enough. The benchmark is God. A feat no man no matter how great can never reach. The Stephen Curry wife comments portrays the following.

The fall of man and banishment in the garden of Eden is a by project of female hypergamy and man following a woman's lead lulz nothing good comes of it.
Man following women have lead to his downfall and destruction.
 

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Adam was put into a con job. Eve was enamoured by the notion of the possibility of eating of the fruit and "being like God." as in, the 1st man isn't good enough. The benchmark is God. A feat no man no matter how great can never reach. The Stephen Curry wife comments portrays the following.

The fall of man and banishment in the garden of Eden is a by project of female hypergamy and man following a woman's lead lulz nothing good comes of it.
So I guess you are trying to say that Adam got Godmogged? :cool:
 

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I was watching this video (it's about Star Wars Episode IX), and the author makes this very deep philosophical analogy:


Before a man gets rejected, he feels as though he is in the garden where he can so anything. However, once he tries for a woman and gets rejected, he feels the shame as he eats from the tree of knowledge and discovers the difficulty of being a man and attaining the conquest of women.
Eve did not reject Adam though. They were both naked and had sex with each other. However, this was done in a state of innocence and there was no corrupt intent, lust or darkened heart. The shame of being naked (i.e. you can't take your clothes off and walk in public) also comes from that loss of innocence.

Adam and Eve avoided God because they were conscious they were now naked. The fact we have to clothes ourselves to avoid public shame and criminal prosecution is not metaphorical, but is foundationally built upon this. That sense of shame of being naked has nothing to do with being rejected by a woman.

It is though Adam and Eve's original sin, passed down to everyone, which has made us lose connection with God from birth as their sin is inherited. Jesus, the second Adam, came to Earth to undo this mess and reverse what the first Adam did. Because of His sacrifice on the cross for our sins, we can have this sin removed and instead of being in Adam's image, we can be in Jesus' image instead and be accepted by God. This is why Jesus, who is God Almighty, came in human form, died for our sins, was buried and rose again to cash that cheque so that our sins are really removed when you connect with Jesus through faith.
 
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