Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single
She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
How often do you feel euphoric?
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"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.
taiyuu_otoko
Master Don Juan
If you are depending on some sort of external "trigger" you are mistaken. That is the easiest way, but in reality that external "trigger' causes you to have an internal response.
With practice, you can learn to create that internal response despite your external circumstances. Don't be misled, it does take quite a bit of time to master, but it is one of the more worthy pursuits.
If you want a quick and dirty shortcut, choose a goal that is just out of reach, and then figure out a way to make it happen. That usually feels pretty good.
"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.
fertileTurtle
Master Don Juan
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"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
I personally have nothing against weed smokers, I used to be a daily smoker... One thing that always drove me insane is people who smoke weed and discuss topics like:Cr1msonKing said:
- how high they feel
- how dank this weed is and how much better it is than yours
- how great the dealer is. i've seen some of the most stuck up people turn to pu$$ys when their dealer arrives, losing all their self-pride (that's one reason I don't smoke much. I'm not gonna waste hard earned cash so that somebody can make a living off me - it's hard to have a real friendship with a dealer because it's all business and they'll be so nice to you regardless)
- why they should legalize weed
- why everybody should smoke weed
- 4:20 (it's played out)
- weed is natural VS. other drugs that aren't
- start staring at the weed closely as if it was a diamond or something
- laughing idiotically (if you can't handle getting high and maintaining a regular convo, then don't) - real smokers don't get stupid when they smoke, they get more creative
I remember this Dave Chappelle stand up where he said (not exact words):
Dave: I stopped smoking weed (the audience is like
)Dave: You didn't let me finish, I said I stopped smoking weed, with black folks... I strictly smoke with white people only!
Dave: All blacks talk about when they get high is their court cases, parole, baby mama trouble and all kinds of problems
Dave: When white people get high, all they talk about is other times they got high.
lol, that's true.
Last time I clearly recall that was at a party where I was rubbing on this girls skin and it just felt so damn good. We were drinking and smoking weed and then we went outside and made out. That felt pretty damn good.
Then I'm thinking also of going hang gliding for the first time earlier this year. That was a bit of euphoria, fear and excitement all rolled into one. Powerless flight will do that.
fertileTurtle
Master Don Juan
With all due respect. You think that really had anything to do with it? The only people who know I smoke are the people I want to know. I hide it well. You wouldn't know I smoked if you knew me, unless I knew you were down with it. I also know of quite a few people in positions of power and even a couple of Judges and so many police officers and lawyers who smoke or are cool with it I can't even name them all.Wiesman44 said:
Yes I do like to smoke, but I don't do pills or anything but the Green and drink like maybe 2-3 times a week. I really don't consider that a drug addiction. I stop when I have to, that means when I have to take a drug test for a job or when I need to do anything that would be difficult for me to do when I'm high. I go to work high most days, and it actually helps me work better. I have something wrong with me that makes me sick almost every time I wake up. If I don't smoke I end up throwing up throughout the day, so it's like my medicine and I don't even have to go to the doctor to get the remedy, but when NC and possibly Georgia makes it legal for medicinal purposes I'm getting my card.
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
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.
fertileTurtle
Master Don Juan
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
How's your stomach, though? I'm not trying to scare you, but that sounds like Crohn's disease, which is commonly self-medicated with mj. I have heard that Marinol is like eating a brownie. It's not easy to get prescribed, but it is at least legal.
Wiesman44 said:
Do you have anywhere I could start reading? Or articles that got you started that explained what to do? I'm interested in this. I did try lucid dreaming for a while and got some progress with that, and anything that involves unlocking your brain or heightening yourself as a person is always appealing to me.
I'd say that maybe once every 2 or 3 months for me, the last time was last week right after I smoked a cigarette, but it wasn't so much of a 'buzz' high but it was something I hadn't really felt before after a cigarette. I felt good, not like a "high" or "buzzed" kind of good, but just this steady feeling of well being of myself. I ended up taking a walk around campus and did a few tasks that I had been putting off, and the feeling just slowly subsided an hour or so later.
fertileTurtle
Master Don Juan
Oh yeah. I quit drinking too. I don't have anything wrong with me really. I think it was more in my head than anything else. I'm not against medicinal MJ, btw, but I really didn't have a good reason to use it every day like that.Bible_Belt said: