"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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For those still married and happy after 20+ years

ThisNThat

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Saw this recent tweet by Ming Na Wen (you'll know her if you see her) posting a tweet of an old wedding photo of her and her husband eloping to Hawaii 22 years ago today. Obviously still together after all this time, and still together after all these years.

Unusual for a Hollywood type right?

Though there are some embittered folks here that pretty much have written off marriage altogether, does seeing something like this make you slightly think otherwise? That these 22 year married "unicorns" can find each other? I know non-Hollywood types like this, regular friends that still have marriages going strong...friends in their 40s on up and divorce is not even on their minds.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Here's what I see:

-Less than 5% of the married population enjoys their marriage.
-30% of the married population is not happy.
-65% of the married population is just rolling thru life on cruise control staying in the comfort zone. They tolerate their marriages for a multitude of reasons.
 
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Who knows how many times they cheated on each other, if they had an open marriage or not for x amount of those 20 years etc.. If it was like a nuclear marriage from the 60s that would be nice. But for all the work and headache and heartache that comes with most modern marriages I would not change my mind about the institution of marriage. I'd rather play the lottery.
 
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