"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.

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Reopening America

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Same here. I'll be hitting up Vegas again.

Before lockdown, I would at least spend 1 weekend in Vegas every month. It's my go-to spot to relax because it's a nice vacation spot and it's only a 4 hour drive from L.A. It's a routine that I've had ever since I was a kid when my parents would take us kids to Vegas cause my uncle (a degenerate gambler) constantly had free comped rooms. Another family tradition was that, on the drive back home, we'd always go eat at this Greek joint call The Mad Greek Cafe - they've got some of the best gyros I've ever eaten.

Can't wait till things get back to normal. In fact, I envy Texans because gyms have just reopened in certain parts of Texas.
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"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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I got back into the game last week. Been meeting chicks at the park for walks. Gonna enjoy the hell out of this summer because fall / winter of this year is probably gonna be worse than what we’ve had so far.
 

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I got back into the game last week. Been meeting chicks at the park for walks. Gonna enjoy the hell out of this summer because fall / winter of this year is probably gonna be worse than what we’ve had so far.
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I got back into the game last week. Been meeting chicks at the park for walks. Gonna enjoy the hell out of this summer because fall / winter of this year is probably gonna be worse than what we’ve had so far.
I'm not worried about a second wave. The first wave hasn't even gone away yet.
 

"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.

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A vaccine is coming out at the end of the year
I hope so brother.

Ironically the falling infection rate could be a problem in human trials for vaccine. Not enough patients to go around until that second wave. I guess America's rush to reopen might be helpful in this case.
 

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I hope so brother.

Ironically the falling infection rate could be a problem in human trials for vaccine. Not enough patients to go around until that second wave. I guess America's rush to reopen might be helpful in this case.
so true brother
 

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I hope so brother.

Ironically the falling infection rate could be a problem in human trials for vaccine. Not enough patients to go around until that second wave. I guess America's rush to reopen might be helpful in this case.

Rush to reopen? You've got to be kidding me. We've been closed for two goddamn months already.
 

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Rush to reopen? You've got to be kidding me. We've been closed for two goddamn months already.
I tend to think more in lines of # of cases, # of ICU admissions, # of deaths, and availability of PPE in terms of soon or too soon. These have trended down after social distancing began. We will see if it continues.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

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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I tend to think more in lines of # of cases, # of ICU admissions, # of deaths, and availability of PPE in terms of soon or too soon. These have trended down after social distancing began. We will see if it continues.
We have to follow science as a nation if we are ever to go back to normalcy.
 

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Picking up women via day approach is my primary objective with re-opening. With mask wearing, day approaching is tough.

The peaceful protests might actually be a good way to meet women.
 

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The peaceful protests might actually be a good way to meet women.
I've thought this myself. Lots of young women out protesting, looking to get arrested.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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