"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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King of the Hill

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Anyone see King of the Hill Sunday night? I almost got the impression that the writers on the show had been reading this forum. Basically Bobby got caught in the friendzone. He was playing a feminine role, riding on the backs of girls' bikes, waiting for them to call, etc.

There was strong suggestion that the male should be the one asking the girl out on dates, that the male should decide where they were going and what they were doing, and should act like a man. It reminded me so much of this forum it was eerie.

King of the Hill is cancelled by the way, they showed the last two episodes Sunday night.
 

"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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Sometimes you'll see writers that are very up on this stuff. Just in the way they make loser characters different from characters that aren't losers.


When's those last two episodes re-airing?
 

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I dont watch king of the hill, but that sounds kinda funny.

Theres an episode in family guy which makes me laugh because Stewie is trying to impress a girl he fancies by being all AFC nice guy which doesn't work.

But then Brian teaches him that chicks dig bad boys, and you need to treat them like crap, so Stewie basically insults her, she starts crying and then arranges to go on a date with him! lol

funny sh!t
 

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Dante420 said:
Sometimes you'll see writers that are very up on this stuff. Just in the way they make loser characters different from characters that aren't losers.
When's those last two episodes re-airing?
Not sure when or if the episodes are re-airing.
I remember King of the Hill being mentioned here before because of the episode where Boomhauer tells Bobby his secret for picking up women. He goes to the shoe store, asks 23 women for their number, and is shot down every time except the last one. Bobby is shocked that he got shot down 22 straight times, but Boomhauer doesn't care, and just says "it ain't no big thing". More wisdom.

I saw the Family Guy episode Fidelity mentioned, very funny stuff.

There was an old Saturday Night Live skit on a similar theme. It was set on a talk show (maybe the Phil Donahue Show). There were nice guys on there saying women wouldn't give them an even chance, and there was a loudmouthed jerk. Women in the crowd were asking the nice guys to move so they could see the "fascinating" jerk behind them :)
 

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I'm gonna miss King of the Hill. It was the ultimate satire of WASPy conservatives. But that was a funny episode. I guess if that episode teaches anything it would be not to bend over backwards for a hot girl. Or any girl for that case.
 

"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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zekko said:
Anyone see King of the Hill Sunday night? I almost got the impression that the writers on the show had been reading this forum. Basically Bobby got caught in the friendzone. He was playing a feminine role, riding on the backs of girls' bikes, waiting for them to call, etc.

There was strong suggestion that the male should be the one asking the girl out on dates, that the male should decide where they were going and what they were doing, and should act like a man. It reminded me so much of this forum it was eerie.

King of the Hill is cancelled by the way, they showed the last two episodes Sunday night.
It's a mans responsibility.
 

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zekko said:
Anyone see King of the Hill Sunday night? I almost got the impression that the writers on the show had been reading this forum. Basically Bobby got caught in the friendzone. He was playing a feminine role, riding on the backs of girls' bikes, waiting for them to call, etc.

There was strong suggestion that the male should be the one asking the girl out on dates, that the male should decide where they were going and what they were doing, and should act like a man. It reminded me so much of this forum it was eerie.

King of the Hill is cancelled by the way, they showed the last two episodes Sunday night.
I thought the same thing as I was watching it LoL!
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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