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.
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.
This is very sad.. but it doesn't surprise me at all. Most modern women have penis envy and hate men for a number of reasons. They hate us for being physically stronger than them. They hate us because society judges us by our accomplishments and not just our bodies. They hate that men can rape them. They hate that men can have kids basically their whole lives.. while women have a short time period. They hate that all women's power comes from sex appeal.GotED? said:But having seen my 1st wife manipulate and using the leverage of me loving my son beyond all other things in life and thinking I would never leave the family structure because of it, she started to become a major b!tch at the end of our marriage and thought because of her 'assumption' of leverage with our child that she can abuse me and act like a feminist p!g.
I walked out on that marriage after she attempted to hit me while I was holding my 3yr old son in one arm. It doesn't get lower than that, doing it in front of the kid and while I am holding him.
Children are wonderful - BUT if your heart is NOT in it, don't even test the water if you don't have temperament and patience. However, women expoit men with our children often once a marriage starts to go sour.
Now I am 40 and looking back at all the crazies - sometimes I am coming to the conclusion that it is safer just to be alone because once you love something so deeply as your own child and have it separated from you, that is probably the next worst thing than having your child die before you.
With respect,
Exodus
Only thing that came to mind after reading that was: FVCK THESE BISHES!!!PlayHer Man said:Women will relentlessly seek out your weaknesses from day one of meeting you. Once she finds them.. she will use them to control you. It can be sex, insecurity, pride, or in your case.. your love for your kid.
This is the mentality I don't understand. In 100 years I'll be dead, whether or not I've reproduced. Even if I do have kids and my genes "live on," what benefit do I see personally? I'm dead, so none.Skalioppe said:Kids are your route to immortalisation
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.