"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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kickureface

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i want to switch, since its cheaper and more convenient.
but safe? i have seen many articles saying it is safe, but straight from the sink? like bathroom sink is drinkable water too?

articles like these raise concern:
http://www.ewg.org/tapwater/findings.php


any input?
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

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.

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kickureface said:
i want to switch, since its cheaper and more convenient.
but safe? i have seen many articles saying it is safe, but straight from the sink? like bathroom sink is drinkable water too?

articles like these raise concern:
http://www.ewg.org/tapwater/findings.php


any input?
Most bottled water comes from municipal sources as well, unless you want to pay a fortune for some bottled water imported from halfway around the world, which is lunacy to me...kinda like selling ice to Eskimos.

Dude just get a good water filter and drink free water from your tap. I drink nothing but tap water at home, no juice, no soda, just tap water.
 

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hmm so you guys believe the filter is necessary?

and espi, wtf jugs are you talking about?
 

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LOL, of course its safe.

Also about the filter...

Its safe to drink the water without the filter in most cases.

The filters are usually only put on if your water tastes bad like too salty or metallic or something.
 

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kickureface said:
hmm so you guys believe the filter is necessary?

and espi, wtf jugs are you talking about?
Most restaurants use unfiltered tap water, even decent places and you can taste it.
 

"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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Filtered water tastes noticeably cleaner than unfiltered. If you really want everything that could possibly be harmful out of your drinking water, get a reverse osmosis filter.

Kickureface, I think Espi is referring to the type of plastic the jug is made out of. The number is the code used to identify the plastic. Some plastics are safer than others. PETE (1), which is what most plastic bottles are made out of, and other plastics can leach nasty things like phthalates and bisphenol A. San Francisco banned the use of such plastics in baby bottles a while back. Polypropylene (5), HDPE (2) and LDPE (4) are the safer plastics. To be on the safe side I drink mostly out of glass bottles and use polypropylene containers when I need to.
 

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I have a jug that I just keep reusing over and over. It was oringally a gallon of water I bought from the store. I wonder if that one has the safe plastic?
 

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Check on the bottom. It should have the resin code somewhere there in a triangle along with the letter code for the plastic.
 

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drinking only bottled water is insane. its the same **** only its been sitting around in plastic.

buy a nice filter and you'll be set. RO would be sick.

the bottled water companies are also pretty scary in term of their control of water supplies.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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yes, i believe a filter would be a lot better. just for kicks i typed in drink tap water danger all in google and it returned some nasty stuff!
the first link scared me though, the one i already posted. lots of weird **** in the water they tested.
 

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If you type in anything in google you'll find whatever you want to find.

I'm starting to think most these health scares are just bull****. Even if there are trace amounts of chemicals, there's nothing that says it's going to make you sick.
 

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You can usually get a gallon of distilled water from Kroger for a dollar or less. That's the best water you can get.
 

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I always drink tap water it just tastes like **** when it goes warm when Im carrying it around in a 2 litre bottle haa
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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tap waters fine except in mexico haha
plus, why do you think we were built with an immune system?
 
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