"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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How has your kindness changed over time?

jhonny9546

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How has your experience with women opened your mind and changed your character?

I imagine we've all been kind and expendable before.
How has your kindness and other aspects of you changed over time?
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Dr. Whiskers

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I used to believe in unconditional kindness to all. Now I don't. Now, I'm kind to everyone I meet. That's my GIFT to them. They get to keep the kind version of me as long as they treat me with respect and they're contributing value to me too. If they disrepect me, and depending on the situation, I then remove their privlege to my kindness and courtesy. I stop being kind and friendly with them. I treat them "professionally" if they must be encountered. But I stop serving them. They NO LONGER receive benefits from their relationship with me. THAT, gentlemen, is the price of disrespect.
 
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jhonny9546

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I used to believe in unconditional kindness to all. Now I don't. Now, I'm kind to everyone I meet. That's my GIFT to them. They get to keep the kind version of me as long as they treat me with respect and they're contributing value to me too. If they disrepect me, and depending on the situation, I then remove their privlege to my kindness and courtesy. I stop being kind and friendly with them. I treat them "professionally" if they must be encountered. But I stop serving them. They NO LONGER receive benefits from their relationship with me. THAT, gentlemen, is the price of disrespect.
Does that make your suffer?
 

HaleyBaron

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I went from kind, taken advantage of, went into a edgy period for a while, and now I've reached nirvana. I'm back to kind, but a more mastered, mature version of it. I'm not as joking or animated anymore, but if I wanted, I could be and I wouldn't care what others think of me.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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FlexpertHamilton

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i'm kind in the sense that i'm empathetic of others and concerned for their needs and wants but i'm also increasingly more selfish and blunt with people as i get older
 
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