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.

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It is 8am...

"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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I also have this problem. What you gotta do is just go one day without going to sleep and go to bed at 11 or 12 or whatever that nite and then get up at 8 or 9 or whatever the following day then go to bed at 11 again and get up at 9 again and so on and so forth til the pattern is back to what you want it to be. If you think you can't do that then go get sleeping pills for a week or two and you sould be fine.
 

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eh I made it. mind feeling laggy....got a midterm...DAMN. Slap myself a few times haha
 

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I had the same problem until I cut coffee out completely. I even needed the whole 10 hours sleep. Since I stopped drinking java all the time I have a LOT more energy, get to sleep at normal times and only need 7-8 hours of it. Maybe you've got the same problem. How much coffee do you drink?
 

"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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Seriously your complaining that your an insomniac when you stay up all night and sleep during the day... it's completely your fault. Stay up for 2 days and go to bed at a certain time and then get up in the morning. Repeat until your body clock adjusts back to normal.
 

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DOH KAY! :crazy:

Cause of course I am in total agreement with you about what is normal.

And of course I haven't tried to be normal before.

:yawn: You sound like my high school principal. :yawn:
 

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my third all nighter...oh god. 1 more and i'll be done with this horrible week.
 

"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.

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All you people need to get you asses over to the Health and Fitness forum!
20 rep squats will get you going to bed on time!
 
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Potbelly said:
my third all nighter...oh god. 1 more and i'll be done with this horrible week.
This is not a record kid!! I did six consecutive all-nighters posting on SoSuave in 2004!!!
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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You will all be happy to know that I fell asleep at 3am last night (or whatever), and woke up at 8am. :)

Got a lot to do today...

The secret to my success was that shortly after I woke up yesterday (around 6pm, if you recall), something frustrated me and pissed me off to the point where I just sat and cried for like 5 minutes. I said I had been having a bad week, lol! And I am a girl, so I am allowed to cry. ;)

Worked like a charm! I was tired all night from that, and fell right out at 3am, instead of... well damn, now! Normally I'd be going to sleep right now!
 

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Last Man Standing said:
This is not a record kid!! I did six consecutive all-nighters posting on SoSuave in 2004!!!
uh....yeah I was actually up doing work for school, not posting on sosuave.

Good for you man, that is truly a behemoth of a record.
 

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Potbelly said:
uh....yeah I was actually up doing work for school, not posting on sosuave.

Good for you man, that is truly a behemoth of a record.
Are you by any chance an engineering student? We're the only people I know who have done more then 2 consecutive days of study.
 

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wolf116 said:
Are you by any chance an engineering student? We're the only people I know who have done more then 2 consecutive days of study.
No I'm a biochemistry student. However, you are correct. Most of my buddies are suffering as well since we all take the same intro courses. A lot of my buddies are in BME or ChE.

Tonight is my last night of all night PAPER WRITING this time. After tonight this hellish week will be over and I may rest in peace.

So, with that said...time to pull this all nighter ONE MORE TIME.

We're gonna celebrate
Oh yeah, alright
Don't stop the dancin'
One more time
We're gonna celebrate
Oh yeah, alright
Don't stop the dancin'
One more time
We're gonna celebrate
Oh yeah, alright
Don't stop the dancin'
One more time
We're gonna celebrate
Oh yeah
One more time

One more time
I'm just feelin' celebration tonight
Celebrate

No, we don't stop
You can't stop
We're gonna celebrate
One more time
One more time
One more time a celebration
You know I'm gonna do it alright
Tonight
Hey, just feelin'
Music's coming feelin' on me
Yeah
Come on
Alright, we're gonna celebrate
One more time
Celebrate and dance of free
Music's coming feelin' so free
Celebrate and dance of free
One more time
Music's coming feelin' so free
We're gonna celebrate
Celebrate and dance of free
One more time
Music's coming feelin' so free
We're gonna celebrate
Celebrate and dance of free
One more time
Music's coming feelin' so free
We're gonna celebrate
Celebrate and dance of free
One more time
Music's coming feelin' so free
We're gonna celebrate
Celebrate and dance of free
One more time.. :cool:
 

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Just so you guys know doing exercise has nothing to do with sleep it doesn't help you at all it will just take the energy out of your body but your mind can still be wide awake. I'm probally one of the fittest kids around or am usually and my sleeping is still in bad ways as I have the same problem as iqqi as I have to wait untill I'm really tired in order to sleep and that makes me miss most of the next day.

On school days I'm lucky to get 4/5 hours.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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