"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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read NEWSWEEK March 5, 2007 - on "The Secret"

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interesting read.

realize fellow travelers that much of the advice we hear here comes from a looooooooooong line, a long history of self-help.

and there are nuggets of truth among the crap... a few baubles of pearls among the swine. but we must choose carefully, critically, with discernment.

because primarily, these things are devices meant to bring wealth to one primary beneficiary.... the author!

truly, it is odd that i keep going back to hollywood as the source of great profound wisdom but here it is again, all the more relevant - here from the princess bride:

"life is pain. those who tell you different are trying to sell you something."

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"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Delta said:
"life is pain. those who tell you different are trying to sell you something."
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Life is adventure, excitement, and enjoyable to me. There is pain involved, but if life were simply pain humans would have committed suicide long before any of us were born.
 
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Life is as good as you make it.

If you attitude is "life is pain" then you will be depressed and sad and just go kill yourself.

I ENJOY my life!
 
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Babnik said:
If you attitude is "life is pain" then you will be depressed and sad and just go kill yourself.
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Isn't that the emo creed?

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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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