Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
They're both equally responsible. Dude shouldn't of had sex without a rubber if he wasn't ready to suffer the consequences. In this situation the lady is dealing with the consequences by having the baby. Thats life. Life ain't always fair, but the OP brought this all on himself when he stuck his jimmy in her without proper protection. He's a fully grown man at that, he should of known better.ketostix said:I still say if a woman chooses to get pregnant and have a baby then it's her responsibility to do it with a male that wants a baby and wants to be with her, or it's her responsibility to find some other male that is willing to act as a father. If she can't/doesn't do this and can't be a good feminist and "woman up"and support her child, then she's a failure and her and her progeny suffer. That's life. Oh yeah, that's right society never holds females accountable for their actions ever. Nevermind, all accountability should be transfered to the male.
You can skip the expensive cars, the fancy clothes, and the endless gym selfies. Completely unnecessary.
I used to freeze the second a beautiful woman looked my way. Frustrated. Awkward. Watching other guys walk away with the girl while I stood there tongue-tied.
Then I discovered 22 simple rules that rewired my entire dating life. The anxiety vanished. Conversations flowed effortlessly. Women started chasing me for a change.
These rules trigger a woman's subconscious attraction switches. And you can start using them tonight.
FOOL !! that is the only reason NEEDED !!! It takes 2 to tango but Ultimately it is the WOMAN that has to undergo all the physical and emotional extremes of birth. It will never be 100% equal because it is IMPOSSIBLE. How can it be ?? If men and women could pick and choose who wants to give birth then yea lets make things equal but thats not reality.drmeathead said:dont give me this it is their bodies **** either...find a different logical reason please.
See that's where I disagree with you. You're sidestepping the first issue of a woman being responsible for the consequences of who she decides to possibly inpregnate her. If she can't choose the right male to fulfill the father role and keep him interested, then she is a failure and should suffer the consequences.MrStabAHo said:They're both equally responsible. Dude shouldn't of had sex without a rubber if he wasn't ready to suffer the consequences. In this situation the lady is dealing with the consequences by having the baby. Thats life. Life ain't always fair, but the OP brought this all on himself when he stuck his jimmy in her without proper protection. He's a fully grown man at that, he should of known better.
of course having the government interfere with your life and bossing you around sux !! that is why there are so many people on this forum who are OPPOSED to marriage. If you live in this society/matrix/media, you have to follow the laws..so we teach guys to avoid losing their freedom/independence/options.drmeathead said:i do think that making the man 100 forced to support the child is a bit much. do i think he should? without a doubt but because he is a stand up guy not because some judge orders him to pay.
I understand where your coming from but you know what...immigrants work jobs that EVERYONE else hates doing for the lowest pay possible. How many guys do you know, or work with, that ABSOLUTELY HATE going to there job, but the pay and the fact that they have a family to support means they will wake up everyday for years and do what they must. NO EXCUSES !! the OP may think its hell, but life isn't all a bed of roses. MAN UP !!! just because he's whining and crying that raising another kid is hell IS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON to not do what NEEDS to be done.Andromax said:If he doesn't feel that he wants to go through this again, then think what you will about him, but he equating raising a child as an experience on par with 'hell.' I'm sure not everyone shares that sentiment, but why be miserable?
Walking away is better than being only partially involved. Let this kid atleast have a chance of having a father figure rather than a bio-dad that he sees every few years and a step daddy.
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.