When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
What a tool.Originally posted by xenopus
She told me this herself. Apprently hasn't told anyone else.
Does this abortion thing reflect negatively on her personality and her past ?
Xenopus
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.
There might be a myriad of circumstances in a person's life that would present abortion as a good choice, and it's not up to you to judge that person. Besides, your argument is purely emotional and invalid as it depends on your belief when life begins.Originally posted by PHAT Rabbit
Don't you guys understand that abortion is killing? But this post isn't about that... it's about how responsible this girl is and being pregnant and having an abortion is not responsible? Why would she want a baby? She doesn't obviously... but how does it prove her responsible by killing her innocent child? It was her fault she got pregnant not her kid period.
Her actions are not, therefore responsible. The responsible thing to do would've been to give birth then set the kid up for adoption because she cannot support it. It's not hard to understand gentlemen.
Rabbit
Why go through all the troubles of pregnancy just to give it away?Originally posted by PHAT Rabbit
Why does she have to right to take away her childs life?
Have you ever heard of adoption?!?!?!
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.
Really? She got pregnant AAAAAAALL by herself?Originally posted by PHAT Rabbit
It was her fault she got pregnant...
Originally posted by xenopus
She told me this herself. Apprently hasn't told anyone else.
Does this abortion thing reflect negatively on her personality and her past ?
Xenopus
I always wonder when people say what you just did...Originally posted by PHAT Rabbit
Don't you guys understand that abortion is killing? But this post isn't about that... it's about how responsible this girl is and being pregnant and having an abortion is not responsible? Why would she want a baby? She doesn't obviously... but how does it prove her responsible by killing her innocent child? It was her fault she got pregnant not her kid period.
Her actions are not, therefore responsible. The responsible thing to do would've been to give birth then set the kid up for adoption because she cannot support it. It's not hard to understand gentlemen.
Rabbit
About vegetarians, they eat alot of grains and they must not realize that alot of animals are killed when they harvest it.Originally posted by Soma
I always wonder when people say what you just did...
You kill things all day. The very act of living causes suffering and death all around you. The meat you eat. The clothes you wear. Even if you're a vegetarian you're still killing plants. Your body is constantly killing intruding organisms. When you walk in the grass you often step on ants, snails, etc.. Life is life is life and no matter big or small you're snuffing it out, day in and day out.
Why are you ok with that and not ok with killing a human fetus? I'll go one step further and ask, why are you ok with that and not ok with killing a fully grown human? Yes, we are at the top of the food chain, so to speak. Yes, we are more "intelligent", technically, than the animals that inhabit this world. But why do you think humans have more "value"? What determines that "value"?
I'm not asking a general question. When I say "you" I don't mean people in general, I mean YOU.
I'm not saying either is wrong or right I'm just wondering why you think the way you do.
-Soma
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
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Don't you guys understand that abortion is killing? But this post isn't about that... it's about how responsible this girl is and being pregnant and having an abortion is not responsible? Why would she want a baby? She doesn't obviously... but how does it prove her responsible by killing her innocent child? It was her fault she got pregnant not her kid period.
Her actions are not, therefore responsible. The responsible thing to do would've been to give birth then set the kid up for adoption because she cannot support it. It's not hard to understand gentlemen.
Rabbit
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That's all I have to say about that.
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.