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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Prom: Who pays for what?

Rock_Solid

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Me and my friends all have different opinions on who pays for what when it comes to prom. I think that if your taking a girl from your grade and school, she pays her own way, but some of my friends think I should still pay.

So, who pays for what?
 

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Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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Kev07

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sht dude, if it's not 50/50 then fck that, guys usually pay double what girls pay for their dresses to rent the tux. heres a convo from my friend who wanted to ask a guy from college to prom:

girl: i wana ask my friend from college to prom
me: that's cool, are you paying for his ticket?
girl: wtf! no, why should i!
me: uhhh because tuxes are like triple the price of your dress
girl: wth my dress is only 60 bucks, aren't tuxes like 40 dollars to rent?
me:... HELL NO the tux alone is going to be upward of 80 bucks (my prom tux was 110 total i think)
 

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she shouldn't pay for his ticket either! pay for what you use, you pay for your ticket and tux, she pays for her dress and ticket...maybe buy her a drink at the start of the night but that's it!
 

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you need to step into the guy's shoes, he has to fly/drive down 2 hours for a prom where everyone else is at least 1-2 years younger than he is, he then has to rent a tux/whatever. i would expect the girl to at least pay for my ticket, and i would expect the same from a girl if i asked a underclassmen or someone out of high school
 

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You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Kev07 said:
you need to step into the guy's shoes, he has to fly/drive down 2 hours for a prom where everyone else is at least 1-2 years younger than he is, he then has to rent a tux/whatever. i would expect the girl to at least pay for my ticket, and i would expect the same from a girl if i asked a underclassmen or someone out of high school
ah didn't know about the flight involved....if they're in the same year then he should get his own
 

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This is another reason why I refuse to go to dances...

But my take on things...

Tickets: You
Dress: Her
"Tux": You
Limo if you take one: Split
Food: Talk that one over, I personally would pay, but thats because I enjoy it.
Condoms: You
 

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Skilla_Staz said:
But my take on things...

Tickets: You
Dress: Her
"Tux": You
Limo if you take one: Split WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS
Food: Talk that one over, I personally would pay, but thats because I enjoy it.
Condoms: You
hotel room: you
breakfast: its you again

but prom is ONCE so if you do it, try to make it fun
 

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ahhhhh prom was so fun!!!! pay for both tickets, dsnt matter, have a good time! especially if u know ur getting laid. my toast was "to all who are getting some tonight". i had that place in a roar
 

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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.

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So they have prom in Ireland? Wow, must be an Anglophile sort of thing. Funny how ugly girl countries seem to embrace such silly rituals. I swear the UK/Ireland should just join North America. Canada has a bunch of empty space. Maybe separate the Catholics from the Protestants this time. We might save some lives in the process.

Prom is a joke. Another reason why I wouldn't raise a child in America (or the UK/Ireland).
 

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Ok, so it's pretty much agreed that if she's in the same class she pays, but if she's not then I should pay for the ticket. But the friggin limo is like 200 a person, i guess I would have to pay for that if she wasn't from my class...
 

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penkitten said:
hotel room: you
breakfast: its you again

but prom is ONCE so if you do it, try to make it fun

Eh, let her MAKE you breakfast...
 

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I have a GREAT way to make the girl pay for everything. Listen carefully man!

1) Tell her about the prom. But don't say you're going. (I'm assuming you're dating someone)

2) She will want to go. Pretend you don't want to go. Tell her you're out of cash. Say the IRA raided your house and confiscated everything. Or you invested your life savings into Norwegian whale life insurance.

3) Since women seem to have an unnatural obssession with going to proms, she will pay for you. Tada!

This will make you look like a cheap bastard, but who cares, its high school!
 

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Skilla_Staz said:
Eh, let her MAKE you breakfast...
dude those rooms at the comfort inn that have a fridge, dont have a freggin stove...
 

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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.

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diplomatic_lies said:
I have a GREAT way to make the girl pay for everything. Listen carefully man!

1) Tell her about the prom. But don't say you're going. (I'm assuming you're dating someone)

2) She will want to go. Pretend you don't want to go. Tell her you're out of cash. Say the IRA raided your house and confiscated everything. Or you invested your life savings into Norwegian whale life insurance.

3) Since women seem to have an unnatural obssession with going to proms, she will pay for you. Tada!

This will make you look like a cheap bastard, but who cares, its high school!

interesting, can anyone back this up? :rockon:
 
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