"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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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.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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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.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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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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