"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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I am in my early 30s yet apparently look 45. Chances with younger women?

BillyPilgrim

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why is pregnancy your major concern and not like HIV?
Ummm, so maybe he doesn't end up being "stuck with a young kid"?

 

"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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why is pregnancy your major concern and not like HIV?
Just over a million Americans have HIV. That's a pretty small percentage (0.36%).

It's unlikely any randomly selected escort has HIV. Then even if a condom were to break with an HIV-positive escort, there's still no guarantee I'd get HIV. I looked it up. The odds of getting HIV from a one-time unprotected exposure are, at most, 2%.

So we're talking 2% of 0.36%
 

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Just over a million Americans have HIV. That's a pretty small percentage (0.36%).

It's unlikely any randomly selected escort has HIV. Then even if a condom were to break with an HIV-positive escort, there's still no guarantee I'd get HIV. I looked it up. The odds of getting HIV from a one-time unprotected exposure are, at most, 2%.

So we're talking 2% of 0.36%
Which would be .007, or double-oh-seven if you will.
 

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I think the prevelance of HIV is higher in Sex workers.
Good point, I hadn't thought of that.

I found a study from the NIH where they estimate the HIV prevalence in female sex workers. The average estimate is 17% (various studies have produced various estimates, ranging from 0.3% to 32%).

Even if we use the high estimate of 32%, with a 2% HIV risk from a single uncovered exposure, the odds of getting HIV if a condom breaks with an HIV-positive escort are 0.64% (Still a lot lower than the odds of getting a younger escort pregnant from a broken condom)
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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