Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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nice_guyeh

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so iv been talking to this girl, and shes funny, down to earth. real nice girl, but i cant get over the fact - shes not ugly, but shes not hot.
a 5 or 6 i suppose.
im just stuck on the fact that shes not super attractive, although awesome personality..
how can i get past this? im trying to teach myself inner beauty kinda stuff, but i have a mental block here.

help/advice?
 

"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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Thatfeel21

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As a guy thats been with women of all spectrums, the hotter ones dont necessarily perform better in the bed or even look anywhere near the same the next morning after their makeup evaporates! Keep that in mind and make your own decision....
 

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nice_guyeh said:
so iv been talking to this girl, and shes funny, down to earth. real nice girl, but i cant get over the fact - shes not ugly, but shes not hot.
a 5 or 6 i suppose.
im just stuck on the fact that shes not super attractive, although awesome personality..
how can i get past this? im trying to teach myself inner beauty kinda stuff, but i have a mental block here.

help/advice?
What are you? If you are above a 5 or 6 I assume you can get someone else. If not you need to get in where you fit in.
 

ThreeStorms

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nice_guyeh said:
how can i get past this? im trying to teach myself inner beauty kinda stuff, but i have a mental block here.

help/advice?
First, wrong category.
Second, I don't really get your intention to "teach yourself inner beauty stuff"? You cannot force yourself to be attracted to a girl. If you like her, hust spend time with her, and if you feel attraction at some point, go for it. Drop her if not. Simple as that.
 

Juan Don

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watch "shallow hal"? just kidding.

it's easy to sike yourself if you want. even with 9's or 10's. if you treat all women as 1's then you are more likely to build attraction. and by no means am i talking about disrespecting them. more along the lines of flirting and teasing and worrying about ****ing up what you would say to them. i am working on this myself...hard to explain

you think her looks are a 5 or 6
good, then think of her as a 5 or 6 as a whole. that way in your mind she won't be hit on guys a lot. guys will think she's ugly. you won't be jealous if she's around other guys. when you put her at a 5 or 6 you think to yourself if i gave her that score i am higher than that so i am the prize( you should always think that though)
 

"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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ilikecharlene

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looks are not everything. But there has to be attraction there.

If she's not your type physically, then let her go. I think being shallow is not advisable, but it's still somebody's right to be so. we're too PC in our modern society lol...
 

ArcBound

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You cannot negotiate desire.
 

sighsigh

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I really don't understand this logic. Why is caring about looks as opposed to intelligence, personality, etc. considered shallow, bad morals, etc.?

Is it because people are born with looks but can supposedly control their intelligence and personality? Because I'd argue that isn't the case at all... the latter is as unmalleable as the former.

IMO it is just as valid/morally correct/whatever to turn down a girl due to bad looks as it is due to a bad personality/stupidity/whatever.
 

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dude ive been there, done that. It usually doesn't work well. No matter how cool she is, if you know that you can get a hotter chick, it will always nag you in the back of your mind. It will only get worse as the relationship looses its novelty. Its not fair to the girl. Cut it before you really hurt her. Trust me, she will not just grow on you.
You will keep improving and seeing hotter girls that you can attract, and then ur gurl is gonna seem inadequate. Your average girl can also sense when ur not that into them physically. They always do.
 

ilikecharlene

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sighsigh said:
I really don't understand this logic. Why is caring about looks as opposed to intelligence, personality, etc. considered shallow, bad morals, etc.?

Is it because people are born with looks but can supposedly control their intelligence and personality? Because I'd argue that isn't the case at all... the latter is as unmalleable as the former.

IMO it is just as valid/morally correct/whatever to turn down a girl due to bad looks as it is due to a bad personality/stupidity/whatever.
shallowness is subjective I guess. it's because we're too PC, and we say shallowness is bad to appease ugmos.
 

"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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sambwoy

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Sometimes I can't always pick and choose physical types, based on life experiences. Not only do I have problems on the outside but I also have aspergers- I have struggled most of my life to even see women differently to what I have been lead to believe about them and to tell good from bad, let alone having the courage to talk to them.

I know this is contradictory to what goes on in my blood stream and suppressing my desires, Perhaps I do secretly want 'out of my league type' girls, but tough, we can't always have these things.
 
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Dust 2 Dust

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If you think you can pull better looking women then you'll always feel as though you're settling if you get involved with a plain jane. Me personally, I know I can pull above average looking women so I won't bother with any woman I consider below a 7 on my personal scale. Most of the women I date are 7-8's.
 
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