Poonani Maker
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"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.
Of course this movie with get nothing but rave reviews from the mainstream media.
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"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Joe The Homophobe
Master Don Juan
Seeing movies likes this makes you realize how much good work Charlton Heston did (RIP). His portrayal of Moses just radiated with masculinity. In the old days men were providers, fathers, leaders, flashforward to today and the media pumps up movies like this to reinforce the matrix.
taiyuu_otoko
Master Don Juan
can't argue with supply and demand
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WOW..that film idea is soo original. ****ing bollox, thanks for the heads up poonani maker so i can avoid this movie like the plague.
So if it gets rave reviews by the media then what? If it's funny then it gets great reviews if it sucks then it gets crappy reviees. So What? Are you saying it's gonna get the best reviews ever because it has an "AFC" guy as the lead role?
"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.
SmoothTalker
Master Don Juan
I think some of you guys take this Matrix/Feminist conspiracy thing a bit far. Go see the movie, for all you know they'll make the AFC guy look like a total retard for being so obsessive. I will check it out not because I hold the protagonist up as my hero, but because Judd Apatow has made some damn funny movies.
TheHumanist
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I'm pretty sure the critics just liked the movie and thought it was funny not because they have an agenda to keep people in the dumbass matrix...
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
ready123
Master Don Juan
I just saw this movie and it's funny as hell
and no, it's not a chick flick - there's no feminine conspiracy or whatever. most of the relationship stuff comes from the same angle as Swingers
definately worth seeing
and no, it's not a chick flick - there's no feminine conspiracy or whatever. most of the relationship stuff comes from the same angle as Swingers
definately worth seeing
Joe The Homophobe
Master Don Juan
no feminine conspiracy? just another movie showing a guy who is a pu$$y and women having all the power over him.ready123 said:
ready123
Master Don Juan
so you're one of the few guys that hated Swingers huh, since the main character was a pvssy at the beginningJoe The Homophobe said:
you should be blaming chick flicks and all the movies that suggest a false reality to guys if you take the girl out on romantic dates and do this and that you'll get her. not films that show the guy evolving
the coolest part of the movie to me was you got two guy characters - one is an LTR guy and the other is a player but at the end they're totally cool with each other. and the player isn't the stereotypical ******* caricature, he's a genuinely nice guy who's able to do what he does because he has a strong reality
that plus Mila Kunis cleavage all over the place
WhitePimp
Master Don Juan
Holy sh!t...how do some of you guys enjoy anything?