"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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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?
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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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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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?
 

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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.
 

"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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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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