"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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The general consensus on not taking advice from women

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Men are often told not to listen to women's advice, there is a general consensus to not accept advice from women.
“Be a nice guy,” “Look how well he treats his girlfriend, you should too.”

These will be some things you will hear single women say. With that said, let's get into relationships.
A friend of mine had a girlfriend who kept praising her fit, gym-going friends in the same circle. She even bought his BF a year Long gym membership. He barely went. But that wasn't rando, it was an advice: I like men who take care of themselves, and I'm choosing you because you have other qualities too, but you need to go to the gym, so I can be attracted to you.
In this scenario, the man is not accepting the advice, or better, her suggestion to be a better man, but rather chose to not do it, because that would be pleasing her.


Relationships, also have, direct ones:
“Those shoes make you look childish. Look at those are more for a man"
“You should work on your oral hygiene"
“You're distracted lately, please get calendar events and get more organized.”

So basically a woman in a relationship is suggesting to you things you can do to improve.
There are also other types of suggestions:
Let's say you found out a new passion, you commit. It can be work, sports, goals, and you may hear:
“You're always busy, We don't spend enough time together." or "You're always at themvolleyclub, and you're not focusing on family".

Even when you're doing well, there'll be times when she does like that, and it might be that you will listen to her, and sometimes take her for a breakfast, or any other idea that passes to your mind to spend time together, but she will still be "unhappy" about this situation.
It happened to my sister for example, in her relationship with her bf, because they "always did activities with friends" and "never did activities as a couple".



The moral of the story is that we should take advice from women, but above all, understand when they're giving us advice or a suggestion. So the general consensus about not taking advice from women might be right, but what about women, like your girlfriend or wife, with whom you're intimate? You should take advice from them because they give you suggestions to make you more attractive and improve your life. Give examples of how your woman or women in the past have given you advice that has improved you and made you a better man
 

"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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It’s more about not taking advice from women on how to be successful dating women. Not in other general areas of life. Sure, your mother or even other women can sometimes give you some good advice. But almost never in dating. You can certainly listen to what they have to say, and once you’ve come to understand them you know why they’re saying it and it can give you insight into them specifically.

“Never take advice from the fish on how to be a good fisherman.”
 

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It’s more about not taking advice from women on how to be successful dating women.
The real quest is evaluating wheter to not accept advice even for other fields, other than just about dating
 

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So you are telling me you'd never take advice from a millionnaire who offered to guide you in becoming a millionnaire yourself....because she's female?

Well that is just not smart. My take on something like that? Ok. Good luck. But people can be way too rigid and myopic on stuff like this.

God help you if you get sick & the best doctor happens to be a woman. (Shrugs).
 

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I kinda agree with BE. Regarding relationships however, I've noticed that it's best to talk black/ white so a man can understand and remember certain principles.

Love = war, and there won't ever be such a thig as a certain outcome. Generally speaking it's better to take advice from men, but then agan: most men are also full of shyte when it comes to dating advice. So...it depends. What advice, what topic specifically.

E.g : when it's about clothes, ccolognes ,looks and style ect you might be better off taking advice from women.

When it's about dynamics, frame, behavior you might be better off taking advice from EXPERIENCED men.

At the end of the day it's YOUR journey, and YOU decide what is best for you. Gotta filter information properly.
 

"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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as always watch what people do first. not what they say (advice). if the woman is successful in some category, watch and listen to her. if she is broke, don't follow her money advice. If a man does not have a happy LTR, don't listen to him about how to do that as clearly he does not know.

separate control from helpful intent.
 
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