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.
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.
but what about the hypocrisy the OP has posted in the article? how a single parent female feels she still should have all options available, complaining of rejection yet off handedly rejecting a man in similar position to herself?djgirl said:see this cvnt should stop being arrogant and learn to suck d1ck like a pro and let dudes cvm in her face....then she won't be lonely....stupid women never learn that their only option when they are older is to become cvm rags....these self righteous cvnts were NEVER WORTH THE CHASE OR THE WAIT but men were too blind to see it.
This is probably why you have trouble scoring ....... this is the reason why i hate men....pure stupidity like this -_-
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.
Lesson to learn ? Think twice before having kids. And whom you are having them with.Mr.Fantastic said:There seems to be a strong religious tone to a lot of the replies.
Phucked up mindset goes hand in hand with religion.
Just saying.
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there was also this comment from a man, which I found very telling:
'phatbeetle
I hate being a single mother, and I'm not even a mother! I'm a father. My ex-wife, stay-at-home mom turned drug addict has no part in our two sons lives. At present I don't even know where she lives, which is a blessing believe me. After raising my sons alone for the better part of a decade and constantly having to defend them from her in our corrupt and maternally-biased court system has been no fun whatsoever, and extremely expensive. The isolationism of single parenthood (when you TRULY never have a free moment) didn't use to bother me, but now I seem to find that with many single mothers there seems to be a double standard. They want me to accept their kids but they want nothing to do with mine. Hey I kinda get it though. Really I do. It may be more of the dysfunctional ex thing than having kids....in any case it is emotionally depleting not finding another like-minded adult with whom to have a decent relationship. Peace.'
"The belief"???? More like "THE FACT". :crackup:pdx1138 said:This one sums it up:
"The reason i feel men have very little sympathy for women who are single mothers (especially young single mothers) is the belief that women generally ignore decent and nice guys in their youth and instead go for partners that have less "noble" characteristics, then when things go crashing down they require a decent guy to give them the stability and companionship they need, but now it is the decent nice guy who can be choosey and ignore the single mother."
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.