"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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For Guitarist: Reasons Why Guitars are Better Than Women

Francisco d'Anconia

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Got this in an email.

Why Guitars are Better Than Women

  1. A guitar has a volume knob
  2. If you break a guitar's G-string, it only costs $. 79 for a new one
  3. You can make a guitar scream as loud as you want it to
  4. You can unplug a guitar
  5. You can finger a guitar for hours without it complaining it wants more
  6. Other people can play your guitar without it getting upset
  7. You can finger a guitar in public and get applause, not arrested
  8. You can have a guitar any color you want and no one will care
  9. You can make your guitar as tight as you want it just by turning a peg.
  10. If your guitar doesn't make sounds you like, you can retune it
  11. You can use four fingers at a time on a guitar
  12. If your guitar strings are too heavy, you can just get a lighter set
  13. You can have a guitar professionally adjusted to *your* liking
  14. If you scratch a guitar's back, it's unintentional, not required
  15. You can go to a guitar shop and play all the guitars you want for free
  16. It's good to have a guitar that's stretched out.
  17. You can take lessons on how to play a guitar without feeling embarrassed
  18. You can rent a guitar without worrying about who rented it before you.
  19. You can play the guitar with your bare fingers and no protective covering.
  20. You can get rich playing a guitar, not broke.
  21. A guitar doesn't take half of everything you own when you sell it.
 

"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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Mr.Positive

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Hahaha...too funny.

The one that gets me the most is 11.

Francisco d'Anconia said:
[*]You can use four fingers at a time on a guitar
I really would not want to meet a woman I needed to use 4 fingers on. :nervous:
 

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A-****ING-MEN! But I just cant keep my fingers away from girls either, or a girl. Im in a relationship with my girl and my guitar. And Im sure that my relationship with my guitar will last longer.
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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In Motion said:
... Im in a relationship with my girl and my guitar. And Im sure that my relationship with my guitar will last longer.
Well in comparison, keeping around a '69 Strat is usually better than keeping around a '69 slut (not talking about your girl specifically).
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

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.

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You wont go to prison for lighting your guitar on fire, or smashing it onstage
I actually WANT to listen to my guitar scream
You can get a "dual humbucker" anytime (thats bad, I know)
Picking up a guitar is effortless
My mom never called my guitar a hor
I can get rid of the feedback from my guitar
My friends dycks have never been in my guitar (i hope)
 

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My bass allows me to find out just how low it will go, at any given time.
 
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