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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plumbing i need answers and folks wanting me to, the trades

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STR8UP said:
Nothing wrong with being a plumber...Just remember, WHATEVER you choose to do for a living, chances are 99.9% that it WILL NOT make you financially secure.
Real talk.

I think plumbing is great, and I've even wanted to do it myself.

Good luck, I think you'll do great at whatever you set your mind to.
 
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"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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plumbers get the chicks. all tradies do. they are men and men don't sit behind desks. I always see the young tradies with hot GF's.
I live in australia where driving a ute is cool.
 

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Do what makes you happy... and besides... someone has to fix all those leaky pipes...

What you do with your money is more important than how you earn it... you could have a not so glamorous job but at the same time be a good investor...
 

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My father is a plumber, my father's brother is a plumber.

It's decent money. Much better if you own your own business and are a go-getter. But I'd consider both of them to be middle-class. Some companies offer better benefits and salaries than others and there's always union work, but I'm not sure if it's as lucrative as everyone thinks it is.

I work in IT administration right now. If I could make what I make here just laying pipe 40 hours a week, I'd almost consider it. Just because I know most of the people in the trade right now are losers and good men should always be able to find work SOMEWHERE. But I don't think I can. After 5 years, I'm making more than my father, a master plumber for about 30 years now.

It's blue-collar work, which means you're gonna break a sweat every day and you're paid by what you do moreso than what you know. You can "work your way up", but it takes time. If you wanna make money in a blue-collar field, you're eventually going to have to go into business for yourself and hire people to work under you. Otherwise you're just a wage-slave like everyone else. But that goes for ANY job.

Bottom line...if you don't WANT to do it, then don't. You're not passing up any "huge opportunity". You're not going to look back in 20 years and say, "My life would've been so much better if I had become a plumber". And if for some bizarre reason you do, just go to trade-school at night and learn it.
 

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You americans have no idea how much opportunities you've got.

Cherish that.
 

"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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Someone tell me what the hell 'makes bank' means?
 
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