"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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Help! I would like to get my Ex back.

Lozboss

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Hey guys,

Just wanna say I've been lurking this thread and I'm going to use the great advice on my Own situation. Thanks to everyone who gave some.

After NC for 60 days I tried to rekindle with the ex which culminated in her telling me she was only attracted to me 'as a friend at the moment' (March 21st). Since then I've been ignoring most of her whatsapps, dating others and no contact.

She is now the one who has to initiate contact with me.

My trouble is understanding when to reply and ignore? The one text I have replied to I left it 24 hours before I Did.
I'd welcome some advice.
 

"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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Lozboss said:
Hey guys,

Just wanna say I've been lurking this thread and I'm going to use the great advice on my Own situation. Thanks to everyone who gave some.

After NC for 60 days I tried to rekindle with the ex which culminated in her telling me she was only attracted to me 'as a friend at the moment' (March 21st). Since then I've been ignoring most of her whatsapps, dating others and no contact.

She is now the one who has to initiate contact with me.

My trouble is understanding when to reply and ignore? The one text I have replied to I left it 24 hours before I Did.
I'd welcome some advice.
you ignore until she shows up naked unannounced.
 

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Tiguere said:
you ignore until she shows up naked unannounced.
Hmmm - Thanks I guess.

Was looking for something more comprehensive. I doubt completley ignoring her will work (she'll just go- 'f*ck him').

I presume I have to throw her tit bits of my attention.
 

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Lozboss said:
Hey guys,

Just wanna say I've been lurking this thread and I'm going to use the great advice on my Own situation. Thanks to everyone who gave some.

After NC for 60 days I tried to rekindle with the ex which culminated in her telling me she was only attracted to me 'as a friend at the moment' (March 21st). Since then I've been ignoring most of her whatsapps, dating others and no contact.

She is now the one who has to initiate contact with me.

My trouble is understanding when to reply and ignore? The one text I have replied to I left it 24 hours before I Did.
I'd welcome some advice.
Whats the outcome you are aiming for?
 

Lozboss

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hithard said:
Whats the outcome you are aiming for?
I want us to get back together and try again.
 

"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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Getting an ex back generally isn't that hard, why you would want to go back is the question you need to ask yourself. There is a lot of good advice on this thread about getting a girl back. The problem is guys inner game, they instantly revert to beta mode the moment they get a foot in the door. You fall into old patterns- she will notice, then the $hitfights start again and she is in the position of power as you are the one trying to make it work.

The process of breaking up usually goes like this when your inner game is off:
Breakup
You or her end it. You want the safety net back, she was already over you.

She goes out with friends and brushes her teeth with other guys co.ck, you for months idealize the relationship in your head making it better then what it was.

Contact is reestablished
Maybe the guys she has boned treat her like a hor, or the guy she is interested in won't break to her will - that little doubt forms in her mind and in you ride like the lone beta ranger.

You get back together, you fall back into old patterns. She knows she has options and the upperhand. Even if she was the one chasing you. If you fall back to old patterns her respect for you will be gone. Just the act of taking her back to willingly looses a large chunk. The first month is critical in setting the frame of how it will pan out.
The safest way to maintain frame is having other women in your life in a way that she feels that she has to fight for attention.

Personally going back to an ex is about as appealing as poking a fire with my di.ck. If you are weak and looking to go back out of fear or the safety factor than perhaps its time to go beyond the fence and into the wild.
 
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