"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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Never tell anyone you are insecure, ugly, stupid.

Warrior74

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1. Tell anyone you are insecure.
2. That you are ugly.
3. That you are stupid.
4. That you are not very good at what you do.
5. That you don't feel you are good enough.

I have a coworker in his early 20s who says at least one of these on nearly a daily basis. He's a wreck. He oscillates from trying to hard to be 'the man' to being a sad wrech begging for approval because he's not good enough. It's off putting. Completely off putting. He want's so badly to fit in, he doesn't fit in.

If you feel this way about yourself. Deal with the matter. If you are insecure, find out what it is you are insecure about and challenge it head on. Insecure with women? Talk to more of them. Insecure about your body. Go to the gym. But whining about it and doing nothing is not allowed in manhood. Children and women get to do that.

Think you are ugly? Get a new haircut. Dress nice. Tell yourself you are attractive. For a man attractive and being physcially beautiful to women are not the same thing. It's who a man is that women find attractive.

Think you are stupid? Well smarten up. Real stupid people think they know it all. Being smart enough to know that you don't know everything is a great starting place and puts you far above the ignorant people who think they got it all covered. But keep it to yourself and learn all you can.

Don't think you are good enough? Well you are. You beat out millions of other sperm just to get here. You started off a winner. Everyone feels that way some times. Everyone. Again. EVERYONE. It's what they DO about it that counts. If you give up, then you aren't good enough. If you assess your game plan, double your efforts and push through and try, then you are good enough.

Do something about this stuff, just don't blab it out there like my coworker. And at first I thought he just blabbed it to me because he liked me as an older brother type. But, I've come to find out that he blabs it to everyone one. Men and women...and he wonders why he's painfully single. This is why. He's built a reputation as a loser for himself. He did this to himself. Don't be like that. Shut your trap, fix your problems. If you can't fix it, at least don't show your hand. This is manhood.
 

"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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pinhas

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Completely agree with this; you are what you make yourself to be, and what you think of yourself.

Telling others that stupid/ugly/incompetent/etc is pointless; I don't see any reason someone would tell people these things, this should not even be an issue. Telling it to yourself is harder to get over and is where the real battle is.

Good Post!
 

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Good one, Warrior. It would be nice if he could read this, but of course he wouldn't get it.

Any chance of getting him plugged into this site?

In any case, +1. Short & sweet.
 

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Yeah, very important! I'd like to add - even if you feel good about yourself and are absolutely rocking, don't even say the stuff just to be modest!

I know some cool people who keep playing themselves down, thinking it's modest and witty, but it's not! The only time to play yourself down is when you really really feel passionately about something, and even then you don't tell it to strangers!

Never be too proud - but never be too modest either! It annoys people just the same.
 

"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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Mike32ct

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Agreed. Never play the sympathy card. Even if you succeed in getting someone to feel sorry for you, what have you gained? You've gained nothing and like Warrior points out, you hurt your reputation.

As a side note, don't think for one second that whining to your female friend(s) about your dating troubles is going to help. She's NOT going to help your game or fix you up with her friend. At best, you become the lost puppy she feels sorry for. At worst, you are the sorry b&tch she is sort of friends with but secretly resents.
 
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