"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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Just turned 18

Flabbergasped?

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I can now: vote, buy ciggies in some states, not fvck high school students, open an online account with my bank, use paypal, get a sam's club card, tell my parents to fvck off (unless they wave a hundred dollar bill in my face), pay taxes, not have to use a fake ID to get into 18+ clubs, though I will anyway so I can drink, and get drafted.

Happy 7th of July, Flab. Welcome to adulthood.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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"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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Happy b-day you two.

Have fun and go get some college girls.

comic_relief
 

Flabbergasped?

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i can't, no money to leave town and go party

i'll get drunk in my room rofl
 

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Go to school and finish quick. Or go to work and make a lot of cash. Better yet do both at the same time like I'm doing now at the age of 21. I don't got a car, cell phone, none of that. All because of a lot of bad decisions that I'm paying for now. I won't ruin your day. hehe so Enjoy. Happy Birth Day!~
 

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Unless your parents have beat you for the past 18 years you should keep a good relationship with them. They are the sole reason you are on the planet.
 

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Like everyone, I have my personal issues. On the one hand, they come from my disposition, but on the other, a big part of it is the comfortble but relatively fvcked up childhood my parents gave me. I pretty much had to grow up too fast, I was in college by age 15.
 

"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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Flabbergasped?

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Disposition? Didn't cry when my grandparent(s) died, i make little effort to be with friends and family, i alternate between inferiority and superiority complexes, depends on my age. Hate my culture, but can't assimilate into prototypical America because of racism, so I'm stuck in this middle ground where I don't connect with anyone (and consequently, Americans call me white-washed and my family says I don't know where I came from).

Divorce, poverty squashing all my interests (sports, martial arts, music, no money to support any of those things), lack of social life/jobs/transportation due to age, bullying in middle school due to age, general bad parenting (I have little respect for my parents, so they must have done something wrong).

They pushed me into the whole age thing. People will tell you it's nice to have a headstart, but it doesn't justify 12 years of misery. The age gap between me and my peers were such that I was too old to be pitied/looked after, but too young to fit in, so I just got shat on.

The good thing is, now that I'm an adult, I can make decisions for myself and find some passions, like music and dancing, probably the two things that have stopped me from becoming depressed.
 

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Flabbergasped? said:
I pretty much had to grow up too fast, I was in college by age 15.
Wow, guess your kinda smart ! Thats very impressive
 

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Flabbergasped? said:
I can now: vote, buy ciggies in some states, not fvck high school students, open an online account with my bank, use paypal, get a sam's club card, tell my parents to fvck off (unless they wave a hundred dollar bill in my face), pay taxes, not have to use a fake ID to get into 18+ clubs, though I will anyway so I can drink, and get drafted.

Happy 7th of July, Flab. Welcome to adulthood.
Here, we can do all the bolded since 16.
 

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So what did you study in college? Are you still in or working or what?

If you leave your parents that isn't really a bad thing, that's part of growing up. But don't do it in a negative way where there's tension or anger.I don't know many people who really respected their parents when then were 18.
 

"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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