"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

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.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Smoking

"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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Camus37

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I couldn't properly date a woman who smoked. It would get on my nerves and, worse, I'd end up smoking when drunk or whatever on account of being around it.

I couldn't care less for a hookup, though. I've found that girls who smoke are often more down for hooking up on the first night. I also smoke weed occasionally and have used that many times to pull, so I can hardly judge.
 

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against the grain, girl I spent time with before smoked often. the taste and atmosphere were a bit of a turn ON. otherwise, she was clean. in this case, the smoke added something to the situation.

yes, smoking is bad according to the surgeon general and so on. the actual effects of nicotine are positive and calming for ppl that are moody. probably partly why it is addictive, most things that make a person feel better are addictive.
 

Sir FB

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Smoking is on my dealbreaker list. That being said, I smoked for over 20 years, hand rollies, no filters. Quitting was one of the hardest things I ever did. I just could not leave them alone. I finally used Wellbutrin to get off them. I started again twice and finally put them down, hopefully for good eight years ago. I love, love, love nicotine and don’t ever want to be a slave to it again. Nowadays I think it stinks and don’t want to be tempted so won’t date a smoker.
 

"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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Robert28

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Whether a woman smokes or not is way down on my list of deal breakers. If she has tattoos or a bastard kid(s) that’s way more of a dealbreaker than her smoking.
 

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I was a smoker years ago. So was the wife. We both quit years ago. Very gross habit and a waste of $$$
 

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I agree but I also dont mind if a woman has one or two tatts as long as they arent trashy. Its pretty common for a lot of attractive women to have some type of writing tatt on their collarbone or wrist. A lot of tatts or trashy tatts are a deal breaker.

The tattoos dont affect my health if I am around them. Smoking does.
Logically you are right.

I’m the other way. Tattoos turn me off but smoking, as long as she is remotely hot and fertile, is OK. As long as it’s not a pack a day.
 
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