"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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"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

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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baseball????????isnt this that game which lasts over a whole day and peopole drink beer and talk to each other while pretending to watch the game?? sorry if im wrong i dont hav ea clue about baseball just wanted to post bull**** :D :D play soccer guys!
 

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I'm going to go with Jones. Granted, he doesn't have the batting average like Pujols but Pujols hasn't done anything beyond what he usually has. Also, Jones has gone far and beyond anything he has done in previous seasons.

Plus... the Cardinals have gotten more wins due to their pitching rather than their offense.
 
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I'd add Miguel Cabrera to that list. I think Andrew Jones just slightly edges out Pujols for MVP, he single handedly carried Atlanta on offense and defense.
 

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Take Pujols out of the St Louis lineup, and what do you have?

NL Central champions.

Take Jones out of the Braves lineup, and what do you have?

A bunch of 19 year olds who probably wouldn't be in charge of the NL East.

Pujols is a shining star in a brilliant offense, but he's not the most valuable player. Jones sure is.
 

"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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Pujols is a great player, no doubt about that. But how many fewer games would the Cards have won with a replacement player instead of him? Maybe five. He'd be MVP if he played with any other team, but for now, he's a victim of the quality of his team. That's what we call a "high quality problem".
 

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For all this talk about "above and beyond previous seasons" how can D. Lee NOT get it? He was the biggest sleeper I've ever seen this year.

If men got on base in front of him, he'd have no trouble with the triple crown.

Unfortunately, everybody else on the Cubs decides to suck at all the wrong times.
 

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D. Lee certainly has MVP stats this year, but he got hurt, and the Cubs have slipped. Usually MVPs are from winning teams, and as good as Pujols is, I still think ANdrew Jones is carrying that Braves offense. I just hope it continues in the postseason so the Braves can get to the WS again and lose to the Red Sox in 6 hihihi :crackup:

btw. I think David Ortiz wins AL MVP, he is singlehandedly started to carry that Red Sox offense, and another Walkoff HR tonight....just great. ARod? Well, the Yankees are nowhere and Arod is getting lost in a sinking team. After this year, Yanks would have to do some major reconstruction to get back into shape.
 

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A-Rod kills teams. The Mariners were losers with him, and when they let him go, what did they do? Won 116 games. The Ranger sucked with A-Rod, and then all of a sudden became competitive when they traded him for Soriano. The Yankees, with A-Rod, watched the Red Sox break the "curse of the Bambino", and now with the Angels and A's engaging in open warfare in the AL West, the Yankees have a strong chance of missing the playoffs for the first time in God knows how many years. Now here's hoping that both the Angels and A's get red hot and start destroying everyone so one of the two gets the wild card wrapped up...

EDIT: Oops, forgot to cast my vote. Andruw Jones. Lee is not part of a winning team, and Pujols is not the difference between an NL Central championship and missing the playoffs. Without Jones, the Braves don't make the playoffs. Simple as that.
 

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If the Yankees make the postseason, I'd say Giambi has a good case for MVP in the AL. No one will vote for him, but he was the best hitter in baseball for about a month and a half this summer.

Mo deserves a mention for keeping the Yankees in the contention at all, but after last night...

I'm a Yankees fan, by the way :D
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

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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