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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Perfection

ArtVandelay

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There's a similar thread about HB10's going on, but I'm making a different point.

Some of you may remember a thread I posted about a month ago about wanting to sleep with a stripper so badly that I was willing to pay her. I followed up last week by saying that I haven't been to the strip club since and don't even remember what she looks like.

Looking back on it, I wasn't giving myself enough credit. I was admittedly drooling over her when I saw her at the bar talking to some old AFC. I went over, and when I talked to her, it was actually a let-down. Hearing her repeat the same questions, "So you're here on a Tuesday night with you're friends, why? You guys just decided it would be cool to go to a strip club?" Seeing her naked was also a let-down. She looked too perfect, her head down to her feet. Couldn't find a flaw on her. At the time, I was so caught up in seeing a so-called "HB10" and low in self-esteem that I thought, "The only way I'll ever have sex with an above average looking girl is to pay for it." Obviously, I came to my senses and realized that I don't have to pay to have sex with an above average looking woman, but more importantly, I realized, women, just like anything else in life, aren't meant to look perfect. This girl was like the Yankees: sound good on paper with so many superstars on their team, but it doesn't equal team chemistry and a winning formula.

I see guys posting pictures of models and porn stars on here and can't help but think, "Would you actually want to go out with such a woman?" I'm not saying looks don't matter, I'm saying that I'd rather take the 8 with a more unique look (Yes, another nod to Winona Ryder) and personality than the perfect, robotic girl.
 

"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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When we can't have what we want, we turn our backs to it. It's the best revenge. But don't worry it is human to rationalize, and but you should be grateful you get to see a perfect 10 naked.
 

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"When we can't have what we want, we turn our backs to it."

I don't think so. I recently spent 5 months chasing a girl who had no interest in me. My point was that the perfect 10 is like the guitar player (Joe Satriani, for example, for those guitarists out there) who plays a million notes a second but can't slow down and play a melody with feeling.
 
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