"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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-They qualify with a healthy dose of PESSIMISM in the beginning

-They walk away at the first sign that something isn't right

-They show no loyalty to someone who hasn't earned it

-They aren't afraid to date more than one person

-They don't let the prospect of getting laid get in the way of their better judgment
 

"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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"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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iqqi said:
You are really losing it, pops.

Two in one day now?
Leave it to the troll to show up and stir up sh!t while adding ZERO value to the discussion.

And as for the pops comment....I've fukked or fukked around with a good half dozen women under the age of 23 in the recent past, so I know I still got it.

You're getting a little OLD there yourself considering you are a "woman" and women usually go to sh!t once they get to their late 20's early 30's. Eh....by your posts I always had you pegged for ugly anyway.
 

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iqqi said:
Most women I've witnessed, actually don't do those things. However most of those things would be indicators of a Healthy Individual.
Typical female response, all the guys nod in agreement and all the clueless women deny it.

Edit: Anyone else catch what "she" just said? She said women don't do those things, but HEALTHY individuals do. You're pretty dense iqqi....lol
 

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Str8up Iqqi is just here to troll.

Argument for the sake of argument no real substance to add.

Say something positive about women she'll say something negative, say something negative she'll say something positive always reversing always fighting never in harmony just here to cause trouble.

My advice to you and everyone is to please not feed this troll any longer and simply put her on ignore and when enough people do that hopefully she will crumble and blow away like dust just like Claudia in Interview With a Vampire when the sun hit her.
 

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Nice post, a rare one from Str8up in fact.

I pretty much move on with a snap of the fingers if someone doesn't really serve much use to me. I try to be friendly but if a girl isn't acting the way where I feel good about myself, I'm out.

There's a difference between tolerating and being comfortable. With some people I'm comfortable and I really want to hang with them, but with those others that I tolerate, wel I'll see them when I see them.
 

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From what I've experienced, STR8UP is pretty much 100% accurate. There are probably more that could be added to this list as well.

And it only reinforces Rollo's posts on social matching theory. The shuffle, so to speak.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Juando

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STR8UP said:
-They don't let the prospect of getting laid get in the way of their better judgment
not there yet.
hope to be, soon.
 

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I pretty much move on with a snap of the fingers if someone doesn't really serve much use to me. I try to be friendly but if a girl isn't acting the way where I feel good about myself, I'm out
B I N G O

:rockon:
 

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STR8UP said:
Leave it to the troll to show up and stir up sh!t while adding ZERO value to the discussion.

And as for the pops comment....I've fukked or fukked around with a good half dozen women under the age of 23 in the recent past, so I know I still got it.

You're getting a little OLD there yourself considering you are a "woman" and women usually go to sh!t once they get to their late 20's early 30's. Eh....by your posts I always had you pegged for ugly anyway.
:up:

Also I agree that a man who's successful in dating has options and will behave the way you mentioned whether it's cause or effect. Most women have a lot of options. I also liked the "typical female response" comment. Do women not act like robots all saying the same predictable things? This gives credence to the idea that a certain approach to dating will give you a typical (favorable) response from women as well.
 

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STR8UP said:
-They qualify with a healthy dose of PESSIMISM in the beginning

-They walk away at the first sign that something isn't right

-They show no loyalty to someone who hasn't earned it

-They aren't afraid to date more than one person

-They don't let the prospect of getting laid get in the way of their better judgment
Dude, breaking beyond the usual gender barrier here, you are describing a seller/buyer relationship in which the seller's product is a "rare" and "precious" commodity. It follows that the buyer's power in this situation is inversely related to how much they really want that commodity.

For better or worse, we've reached a point culturally and socially in which the seller has been granted ****loads of power in this transaction, and the buyers either flail helplessly and willingly throw money and time blindly in the hopes of getting their precious goods; or, empowered by a strong sense of pride and self, flip the seller/buyer relationship on its head and are thus able to procure the goods at their own will.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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STR8UP said:
Typical female response, all the guys nod in agreement and all the clueless women deny it.

Edit: Anyone else catch what "she" just said? She said women don't do those things, but HEALTHY individuals do. You're pretty dense iqqi....lol
LOL!
 

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STR8UP said:
-They qualify with a healthy dose of PESSIMISM in the beginning

-They walk away at the first sign that something isn't right

-They show no loyalty to someone who hasn't earned it

-They aren't afraid to date more than one person

-They don't let the prospect of getting laid get in the way of their better judgment

Besides the first thing you listed, all of those are behaviors a HEALTHY individual would engage in. Male or female.

Many women are NOT healthy emotionally, and many men aren't either. I don't know what was so hard to understand about what I wrote the first time.
 

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iqqi said:
Besides the first thing you listed, all of those are behaviors a HEALTHY individual would engage in. Male or female.

Many women are NOT healthy emotionally, and many men aren't either. I don't know what was so hard to understand about what I wrote the first time.

No that' the behavior of a person with options regardless of whether they're "healthy" or not.
 

"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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