DumpaLumpagus
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Happiness is...
"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.
Happiness is...
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"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
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.
diplomatic_lies
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Happiness is whatever makes you happy.
Aristotle was a dumba$$.
Aristotle was a dumba$$.
"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.
Sophomakhos
Don Juan
Happiness is being satisfied with what you've got. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't try anything new of course, because that would become boring, and thus you wouldn't be satisfied with what you have. Still, there is a line in one of the Roman poet Horace's Odes that goes thus:
The less I desire, the more I seem to have.
Judge for yourself, ultimately.
The less I desire, the more I seem to have.
Judge for yourself, ultimately.
penkitten
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Happiness is situational.
Happiness is not a state of mind. You can't choose to be happy when you're hurt. It's just plain denial.
To explain happiness is like trying to explain what love is.
There is no answer.
However, I do somewhat agree with Aristotle when he says that it might be a process where we put value in what we perceive to make us happy and trying to attain it.
To explain happiness is like trying to explain what love is.
There is no answer.
However, I do somewhat agree with Aristotle when he says that it might be a process where we put value in what we perceive to make us happy and trying to attain it.
"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.
DumpaLumpagus
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...A full tank of gas in my tank (BMW), no traffic, a pretty girl in the passenger seat, and a clear mountain road.
...Finding more reason for the journey than the destination, for we never grow when we stagnate in one place too long.
...Always evolving because a new experience expands our perception of time, which is really all we have.
My thoughts
...Finding more reason for the journey than the destination, for we never grow when we stagnate in one place too long.
...Always evolving because a new experience expands our perception of time, which is really all we have.
My thoughts
VoiceofReason
Don Juan
double post...damn.
My bad...
My bad...
VoiceofReason
Don Juan
...a warm gun. Duh.
Tell me someone gets this, please...
Tell me someone gets this, please...
Centaurion
Master Don Juan
^ it's from a cool song (i'm having a brain fart right now so I don't remember the name)
Happiness is when you bust a nut on a snotty b*tches face.
Happiness is when you bust a nut on a snotty b*tches face.
“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
I'm Joe Dirt
Master Don Juan
Happyness is self esteem according to Dr Paul on Deep Inner Game.
Fulfillment = Happiness + Success + Freedom
Fulfillment = Happiness + Success + Freedom
DumpaLumpagus
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Bump!
Happiness is seeing Paris Hilton *ucked in the ass!
Happiness is seeing Paris Hilton *ucked in the ass!