MatureDJ
Master Don Juan
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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.
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.
HeHeHe. No, even worse I think two women wrote it lol.bigjohnson said:Did LMS write this paper?
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.
'insidious said:If anything, feminists would have to face the fact that in
the profession of prostitution, the famed "glass ceiling" is
reversed with women making much more than men.
Shhhh.....you might kill the romanceRollo Tomassi said:As I've posted on many times before, but it bears repeating, as a Man you will ALWAYS pay for sex in some way. You may finance it, you may buy it retail, you might rent it and you might just beat off to the advertising, but rest assured, you WILL pay.
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.
It's great stuff, but for the most part no one wants to think about this stuff. Some people know it, quite a few divorced guys suspect it in a really angry and bitter way, but almost no one wants to just accept it for what it is without anger or other emotions.ketostix said:HeHeHe. No, even worse I think two women wrote it lol.
Rollo Tomassi said:As I've posted on many times before, but it bears repeating, as a Man you will ALWAYS pay for sex in some way. You may finance it, you may buy it retail, you might rent it and you might just beat off to the advertising, but rest assured, you WILL pay.
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.
I totally, 100% agree with you. It's truly a shame that it's illegal in virtually every state(except Nevada of course). I really can't understand why. It doesn't make sense. As long as the woman is tested and practices safe sex(condoms, birth control, etc.).steve38 said:I sincerely believe that if prostitution was affordable, accessible, and most importantly, socially acceptable to all males that the world would be a better place. Divorce rate much lower, women not as powerful, guys having options etc.
Wow, I didn't know that. That's news to me.KontrollerX said:She said months and years prior to her death that she feared she would be "suicided" and she also made it clear that if she were ever found dead it would be murder despite any official claims.
So yeah I'm pretty much running with the theory that some powerful scum had her eliminated.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.