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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So what are women reading?

Raven80

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Recently I've decided to look at the game from a woman's pov, so I was interested to pick up some of their reading material to see what kind of fluff their heads were getting filled with. There was one interesting book I read a while back called the rules. It's basically the MTV generations bible on how to turn a man into a whipped and obedient one that will cater to her every whim. The book was a hilarious read but it got me wondering what else women might be reading?

I figure if you're gonna go into the battlefield you may as well know as much as you can about the enemy. (Figure of speech of course).
 

"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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twilight series. they are all obsessed with edwards charming powers. check that out and post one here your thoughts... id be curious to see what its really like from a mans pov (and im to lazy to read it)
 

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cosmo

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As I've heard it put, most of the stuff women read is basically like a touchy-feely playboy to us. Most of them will quickly find most of the stuff doesn't work. If they did, we'd be hearing how cosmo saved someone's marriage.
 

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The irony of "the game" is that they are being told the same stuff as us. So you end up with nobody calling each other for fear of being "too available."
 

"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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They read all kinds of crazy stuff

"How to drive your man Crazy"

"How to make you boyfriend obsessed so that he will not cheat!"

"Things that ALL men want in bed"

Most of it should be taken with a grain of salt though. Just like a lot of things on here.
 
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