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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Thanksgiving breakup

The Bad Ass Canadian

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These are the moments where I really appreciate having Wyldfire on the boards. (AND Penkitten) Not that i didn't, before but you get what I'm saying....

This was very enlightening, to see how a woman's mind works on these stressful occasions. and having it so well explained, with the reasons behind the feelings.

I learned something new, today... and that hasn't happened around here in a very long time
 

"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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Egoist

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Originally posted by Wyldfire
You are arrogant. You're rude and condascending.
thanks! :cool:

food for thought: maybe, unlike you, i don't treat this internet thing so seriously, and therefore i do not feel that I need to fully convey my sparkling personality through my computer. maybe, i'm just secure enough not to care..
 

Wyldfire

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Originally posted by Egoist
thanks! :cool:

food for thought: maybe, unlike you, i don't treat this internet thing so seriously, and therefore i do not feel that I need to fully convey my sparkling personality through my computer. maybe, i'm just secure enough not to care..
No one on here is interested in you sexually. It's dumb for you guys to try to impress each other unless you are gay.

Stop it...
 

Egoist

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Originally posted by Wyldfire
No one on here is interested in you sexually. It's dumb for you guys to try to impress each other unless you are gay.

Stop it...
:crackup: wow you're going all out with the gay thing there..

but yes, you are right, i try to appear arrogant and ****y on purpose so that i can sexually attract all the keyboard jockeys and 100 year old single moms on here.

you got me!
 

"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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Swoop

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Egoist is using C&F on Wyldfire. I can see it's getting to Wyldfire. The attraction is building up. Pretty soon you two might need a room.

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Haha
 

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Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
For the sake of letting guys in on what probably went through this woman's mind at that moment (logical or not) here's a list. Pen and Wyld, feel free to add to the list if I have missed anything.

  • That he didn't really want to help out.
  • That he probably doesn't like her son because you are trying to avoid him.
  • He is inflexible.
  • He doesn't care for her feelings.
  • He is not someone she could see being with in the long run since your actions show that you don't integrate well with her family.

As I said, it may not be logical (to a guy) but these things probably went through her mind in just a couple of moments.
Like it was said earlier, she was under a lot of stress and wanted to make a good impression on her family. The only things that are more stressful for a woman than preparing Thanksgiving dinner for her family (with boyfriend in toe) is preparing for her wedding and having a baby.

And guys wonder why she went off, that one action changed the direction of her entire future. Scary huh?
having the first baby is stressful because you again are trying too hard for perfect delivery and labor and baby etc. having the second or third, well lets just say by then most of us have come to our senses a little and its not stressful.
 

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Originally posted by Swoop
Egoist is using C&F on Wyldfire. I can see it's getting to Wyldfire. The attraction is building up. Pretty soon you two might need a room.

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Haha
Figure the odds...

Now I do like funny guys...but I don't find him funny at all. I guess I just have a more sophisticated sense of humor...you'll have that.
 

Bourne

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Every day could and sometimes is stressful, no reason to blow up on the person who is next to you or a loved one.

Give me a break. So he should put up with her blowing up on or around stressful times, which could be EVERYDAY?

She seems disrespectful. Sure she was over emotional and you should talk about it with her when she is done being so emotional.
 

Phoenix_of_the_ashes

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You should at least understand that children are really important to woman, so if shes a priority for you then so should they and its not like she surprised you with the kids, did she?

The way I see it something happend which happens alot in relationships, someone screws up and the other person completely overreacts. You should try to talk it through and dont do the whole "get back together at Christmas" thing, youll just screw up Christmas, do it as soon as possible.
 

"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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