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.
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.
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
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.