"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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It just doesn't make sense!

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Alright. First off, I just want to say that I do not judge anybody becasue of his/her habits. Second of all I am just curious as to why some of you smoke. This whole site is about improving yourselves yet you take major steps backwards with your habit. I am just curious as I do not see any pros for smoking. It just seems thait it ruin your health and costs a lot of money. So out of curiousity what is the point?
 

"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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Smoking can start from peer pressure, stress, thinking it makes you look cool.

In general, smoking does add a bit to the bad boy image, so there's a positive. Now don't all jump on me at once here, that's just one positive amidst about a thousand negatives. I'm aware of that.

It can also be a crutch to help you talk to women when smoking. For instance, if you go outside somewhere for a smoke and someone's smoking there as well, it is a little easier to open the conversation due to the fact that you're both smokers.

Aside from those and maybe a few other little positives, smoking is a shytty habit. Don't start if you don't already smoke.
 

diplomatic_lies

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Smoking is like eating chocolate. Its bad for you, but enjoyable enough to keep doing it.
 

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I don't smoke cigarettes, but I enjoy cigars from time to time. Cigars you usually do not inhale, and most people smoke less of them than cigarettes. But its still not good for you.
 

"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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diplomatic_lies said:
Smoking is like eating chocolate. Its bad for you, but enjoyable enough to keep doing it.
Except that chocolate doesn't make you smell like ****, make your teeth yellow, or kill you.
 

diplomatic_lies

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Shiftkey said:
Except that chocolate doesn't make you smell like ****, make your teeth yellow, or kill you.
Yes it does. In fact, it does all 3 things very well.
 

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Except that chocolate isn't in fact bad for you, and nothing like smoking.

Other than that they're the same.
 
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