Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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Lady asks me out but she has a bf.

grayclif

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Plate asks me out for a drink and in the next text she says no kissing because she's in a new relationship. I respond with thanks but no thanks enjoy your new boyfriend. She asks if we can be friends and I say I wouldn't want my girl asking some dude out for drinks so no. Then she asks if we can still text. I said I don't think that's a good idea but you enjoy your relationship. Later!!!

My feeling was that she just wants to keep me on ice in the event it doesn't work out. But I'm not interested in that. But she just got out of a relationship in December. And a divorce earlier that year. Folks must love LTR''s.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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You told her you weren't interested. Good for you.

If you like her, you may want to leave her with 'let me know if anything changes' and be done unless and until she let's you know she's unattached.
 

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"You can come to my place for a drink but can't promise I won't fvck you... Or if you are too much of a good girl, let me know when you've nexted your new boyfriend. *wink* *wink*".

They are so funny...

And she was married... my goodness...
And she's probably going to be a mother in a year or so...

"Yup, I just want you to be my friend because I feel soooooooooo not complete without you and 60 other guys in my life.".

You're probably happy you're not her new BF...
 

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Here is what would have happened... Either:
A. She is a skank and openly cheats on her boyfriend and was considering doing it with you. Certainly not the girl you want if you seek a girlfriend, though may be good for a fvck.
B. She was going to keep you around as her second option if her and her BF did not work out. Women do this sometimes.
 

"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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I just had this with a plate a couple days ago. I found out she had a boyfriend. She started taking more and more about her problems. The last straw was her sending a snap when out with her boyfriend saying she was on a date and he was drunk. I ejected right away and told her to delete my number. It's not worth the drama for a girl shopping around on her boyfriend
 

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I just had this with a plate a couple days ago. I found out she had a boyfriend. She started taking more and more about her problems. The last straw was her sending a snap when out with her boyfriend saying she was on a date and he was drunk. I ejected right away and told her to delete my number. It's not worth the drama for a girl shopping around on her boyfriend
Have you ever had the opportunity to get to know this woman carnally?
second. are you guys banging these girls? If not they are not plates.
 

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I just had this with a plate a couple days ago. I found out she had a boyfriend. She started taking more and more
second. are you guys banging these girls? If not they are not plates.
I'd like to elaborate on this point, if you don't have an ongoing sexual relationship with her she isn't a plate.
 

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yes we had sex a couple times. I told her to delete my # and went NC
She wasn't a plate dude. Having sex with a chick two times doesn't constitute having an "ongoing sexual relationship."
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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No i havent had sex with this woman. IMO however plate theory suggests that you have multiple women that ARE interested in you. The idea being that you have options in order to avoid oneitis. Oneitis can occur to guys that are having sex with a woman they are not exclusive with. But the overwhelming majority of instances of onetitis occurs with guys that aren't having sex with anybody.

So what do tell guys to do when they come here with oneitis. We tell them to get more dates ie more plates.

Having sex with multiple women is the goal.yes but it is not easy. In your 20''s it might be easier but as you get older most folks just have time for all the bullshyt it requires. So in my humbe opinion a plate is not a date but it can be someone you have developed a solid mutual sexual interest in yet not have had sex.
 
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