"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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It's not a "Test"

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This is not a test. I repeat, this is NOT a TEST.

In this forum (The Highschool Forum) there seems to be an overabundancy of threads relating to "Is this a test" type questions. Guys, relax. If she throws something at you, burps, or just does something random, flirty, normal, it's not a test. Some of you seem to think that women are constantly pulling sh*t tests. They're not. Yes, they test guys. Yes some pull quite a few. No, they don't do them constantly.


Here are some past threads written about tests to give you a better idea on what exactly they are.

piranha45: sh!t tests......understanding them
VeryBadGirl: Tests (repeats some information, but much more thorough)


Now, those two threads cover the basics of tests. They help you figure out exactly what they are. Some things are just random acts guys. They aren't tests. Hopefully this helps you to not analyze things so much. You're not doing yourself any good.
 
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"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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FINALLY, someone realizes this besides me, these "tests" are just the girls being regular people.
 

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Just trying to help everybody. Both the people who post those threads, and the people who read them.
 

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Thanks for tossing out some interesting material instead of the usual "Does breathing in the same room mean she likes me?!?!?!" posts. Since I usually skip over them (they usually just get spammed by flames) I never really bothered to learn about the topic. I guess most of it's a little obvious, but it helps to have someone spell it out for you in plain english.
NJ skilla
 

"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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Bringing this back up to the top. You guys def need to read this...
 
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