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.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
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.
This is true. If she catches you cheating she'll just cheat herself. The only time she MIGHT leave you for cheating is if she doesn't think you are worth keeping any way, and if you are not worth keeping, it's highly unlikely you will find anyone other than a really desperate or stupid women to go along with you.Yep. I think a lunch date or two every once in awhile is good for a married man.
Women almost never leave you for cheating.
agreedCheating just opens the door for more penalties during divorce, not to mention its a scumbag thing to do
Better to not get married in the first place
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
I agree with your recommendation that men should not get married. I don't endorse the cheating, however.All married men should have at least one side piece.
Wow. That's a really rotten experience. What you are saying is true, they always have options, and how can you really lead if a woman holds a trump card and can just dump you like that at any time, for any reason? Marriage is not worth the paper it is written on because people are unable to follow through on commitments because they are amoral reprobates.Yep! Men and women are different its not the same thing! I will always at the very least entertain options and be ready to bounce at any moment. I refuse to get the short end of the stick again. When my wife up and left me OUT OF THE BLUE and took my children, put me on child support, lied and said I was abusive didn't see my gottdamn children for months on end paying child support way after my daughter turned 18, mann fuuck that!!!
Women out here now days are treacherous.
A man would be a damn fool to think otherwise because women ALWAYS have options. Please believe it, unfortunately most men find out the hard way.
Imma be a playa for life!![]()
You DO realize that 100% commitment to ONE woman is a very, very, very new thing right?I agree with your recommendation that men should not get married. I don't endorse the cheating, however.
If men are supposed to be leaders, then they should be good leaders. They shouldn't half @ss it. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. So if you are going to lead, you should lead well. Part of this is leading by example, and role modeling appropriate behavior. Unless you have an open marriage, and expect your wife to screw around also. I know PUAs say "But men are different, we're built to spread our seed", but I call bullsh!t on that. Not that we aren't built to spread our seed. But for every man that cheats for sex, there is a woman who cheats for the attention. Whatever the rationale, the result is the same.
Men often look to the 1950s as an idyllic time, when women were subservient and men ruled the world. But this is one of the reasons women rebelled against that. Too many men abused their leadership position by having affairs, becoming addicted to alcohol, and battering their wives. Had the men led responsibly, perhaps we wouldn't be living in this feminist dominated world right now.
To me, 100% commitment would include more than just sexuality. And since marriage in our current society is a bad deal for men, I don't really believe in committing 100%. The nuclear family is a good thing (and would be worthy of 100% commitment), but unfortunately the current culture doesn't value the nuclear family, making it so that a man has to be more lucky than anything if he wants to succeed with one.Historically men always had side pieces and wh0res. Men also typically had multiple wives. The situation where a man commits 100% to one woman is extremely new.
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.