"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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Important victory for men down under (child support)

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"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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As Tom Leykis sais...if she isn't using birth control she wants to get pregnant.
 

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Dear All,
So many bitter stories,so many suicides,perhaps the pendulum is swinging back?
 

"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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Now they're saying you don't even have to live under the same roof to have a de facto relationship in place. It really is becoming ridiculous.
 

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Jitterbug said:
That is seriously fvcked up!

One small step forward with the child support thing, and this is a giant leap backward!

Can't wait for the bachelor tax...
That's how they work it in the U.S. too. We'll gain a small step forward but at the expensive of compromising over a giant leap backwards.
 

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window said:
Now they're saying you don't even have to live under the same roof to have a de facto relationship in place. It really is becoming ridiculous.
Geez I am ashamed to be an Aussie after reading this proposal. The feminists must be in happy land today..
This is arrant nonsense and unenforceable. Just another feast for lawyers.

I guess that men who have affairs will just end them twentyTHREE months in.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Sole Parent's Union president Kathleen Swinbourne said garnisheeing a mother's wages would only hurt the child.

"The money has already been spent on rearing the child," she said. "If the mother is forced to pay it back, its hard to imagine the child won't be disadvantaged."
If the child already enjoyed the benefit of the money being spent on them in the past, then how does garnishing future wages of the mother negate that?

Would it also be argued, that if the mother was to have her wages garnished for any other legal debt she owed, that it would only hurt the child, and therefore, the liability should be waived?

So is the criteria for liability limited because it "would only hurt the child"? So, say a person doesn't pay their mortgage, but to take the house away would only hurt the child, so the negligent mortgagee becomes liability free?

I say it would hurt the child to see their mom get away with fraud. I say it would hurt the child to live with someone who commits fraud.
 

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Yeah but a dude could hook up with a rich chick and get the same benefits. Lay the pipe good and you could be takin care of.
 

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armadon said:
Yeah but a dude could hook up with a rich chick and get the same benefits. Lay the pipe good and you could be takin care of.
Ya except rich chicks get that way by screwing over a rich dude and taking his money. Rich guys got that way by earning it.
 

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<<Sole Parent's Union president Kathleen Swinbourne said garnisheeing a mother's wages would only hurt the child.The money has already been spent on rearing the child," she said. "If the mother is forced to pay it back, its hard to imagine the child won't be disadvantaged." >>

So you mean if I rob a bank, they can't prosecute me provided I am the custodial parent of a child? I mean my child will be disadvantaged if they lock me up and take back the stolen monies. What logic!!!?
 

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puma183 said:
<<Sole Parent's Union president Kathleen Swinbourne said garnisheeing a mother's wages would only hurt the child.The money has already been spent on rearing the child," she said. "If the mother is forced to pay it back, its hard to imagine the child won't be disadvantaged." >>

So you mean if I rob a bank, they can't prosecute me provided I am the custodial parent of a child? I mean my child will be disadvantaged if they lock me up and take back the stolen monies. What logic!!!?
Don't expect reason, logic or fairness from a woman who is defending other women who deliberately cheated on their husband, and then systematically deceived him into raising the other man's child.
 

"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.

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