"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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My Un-Healable Lip!

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Grr... this is bothering me!

It is not always that my lip is dry, but it seems that it always shreds or tears apart and it never seems to fully heal up.

I use some medicated blistex stuff, and I occasionally dunk my lip in water (seriously) to keep it from getting dry.

When the skin grows back it turns pink again, but it never fully comes back before it gets ripped off again (either by picking at it because its cracking, drying, or when it gets gooey and you're forced to pull it off...). Anything I can do to help my lip out? or should I just stop messing with it altogether and just wait a week and see if it works out...?
 

"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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you might have a vitamin b deficiency and you should take a multi vitamin b stress tablet every day. in two weeks time you will see a difference if that is the problem.

my sons does this and it gets bad in the corners. it gets raw then it scabs up etc. when he takes his vitamins it gets well again.
 
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It could be sun damage. Do you go outside a lot without lip balm? It could also be from dehydration.
 
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i have the same problem, moisturising doesn't seem to work.
i'll look into vitamin B
 
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Go to a quack's, you bum.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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my son had a dr that told us about the vitamin b thing
 
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