"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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Testosterone levels declining in American men

"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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Poonani Maker

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More and more men have desk jobs, with women superiors, that's why. And that's why I got out of my desk job many moons ago. I'm blue-collar hard-working now, big bicepts, kick ass.
 

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Poonani Maker said:
More and more men have desk jobs, with women superiors, that's why. And that's why I got out of my desk job many moons ago. I'm blue-collar hard-working now, big bicepts, kick ass.
:up: Desk jobs = limp d!cks. I'm blue-collar now too, big biceps, kick ass..
 

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less exercise, more wimpyness -----> less testosterone

Pook save us all!
 

"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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Not surprising. I mean our grandfathers stormed the beach of Normandy. Their grandsons are getting highlights in their hair and wearing black nail polish and I'm supposed to be surprised?
 

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You guys are probably right in that it is tied to a decline in physical activity. The obesity epidemic may be related as well.
 

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there is a reason internet porn is a billion dollar a year indusry
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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I think that we are like the Romans with all the things in the food.

The Romans put lead in their water and it fvcked them up. We put chemicals and sh!t in our foods and we are probably done for.

comic_relief
 

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Does anyone who's aware of it really expect all those female hormones pumped into farm animals to make them soft and fat would not do the same to humans, at least to some degree?
 
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The movie "Dr Strangelove - how I learned to love the bomb" gave us the answer - it's the added fluoride in water!!
 

"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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The decline in testosterone levels in men is directly correlated to the rise in obesity. When 66% of the American populace is clinically overweight and a full 33% are classified as 'Morbidly Obese' testosterone levels in men is only one result. Weight related disease, corinary problems, diabetes, some forms of cancer, blood pressure, etc. can all be traced to the rise in our weight.
 
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I wish to cancel my "fluoride" answer and go with Rollo on this one -- obesity!
 

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I don't know, maybe it's wrong of me, but I'm starting to feel angered when I see fat people.
 

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speakeasy said:
I don't know, maybe it's wrong of me, but I'm starting to feel angered when I see fat people.
haha, I know the feeling considering my entire family is overweight or obese. It makes me sick, but at the same time, i love them. :confused:

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"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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