"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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Had it with these fairy tales!

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I am so sick of these women & their fairy-tales! Looking for Mr. Right, princess seeking prince, etc. I found this ad on-line under the heading Southern Lady looking for Mr Perfect's next door neighbor
Hi! I just recently moved back into the Henderson area. I'm 28 and enjoy, movies, cooking, snuggling on the couch, nice quiet evenings and some one who is fun to be around. I'm not looking for the perfect guy, just a friend who has a little bit of romance left in him So if this sounds like you then drop me a line. Talk to you soon.
So I sent this reply:

I am Mr. Perfect's next door neighbor & nefarious arch-nemesis, Mr. Wrong. I am somewhat hygenically negligent & eat spaghetti with my fingers, but people say I'm fun to be around. Everybody, that is, except that poor pathetic wuss-bag Mr. Perfect. I try to guide him--I try to show him the light. I wanted to teach him how to ride a Harley up the front steps & do burn-outs in the living room, but no, Mr. Perfect insists on being a drag. I park my bike beside the coffee table & pass out in a drunken stupor on the layer of pizza boxes & beer cans littering the floor, while foul black crankcase drippings seep into the remains of the carpet. Poor Mr. Perfect looks on in dismay, goes "Tsk tsk," and returns to sharpening his pencils.
 

"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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Originally posted by Bible_Belt
movies, cooking, snuggling

She sounds fat.
:crackup: :crackup: :D :crackup: :crackup:
 

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Originally posted by Bible_Belt
movies, cooking, snuggling

She sounds fat.
:crackup:

Now thats the funniest thing I've heard for a while...
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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I stay away from cliché filled profiles like the plague. :p Where's the originality? It shows that the person is pretty much like everyone else.

Mediocrity, ain't it a b1tch....
 

"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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