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.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Funny, I don't see one post that implies that. In fact, I see nothing but posts that say its both people's kid and both people's resonsibility. All the posts say the same thing, If a woman decides not to work why should a man be forced to pay for her laziness.Originally posted by Eileen
I see several replies here that don't seem to take into account that children are the result of TWO people's actions. Many of the comments lean towards implying that the children belong to the women and are their soley the womans responsibility.
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.
Originally posted by WaterTiger
A "pre-nup" is a pre-nuptual agreement. It's a legal document that says: "This is mine, that is yours and if we break up then we will sort things out like this."
DON'T GET MARRIED WITHOUT ONE! [/QUOTE
Actually things are a bit more complex. A couple of things to keep in mind about pre-nups:
1.You do not necessarily need a pre-nup.
Typically you need a pre-nup if you are coming to marriage with substantial property, have children from previous marriages, or expect an inheritance.
If you are a typical young person getting married for the first time, pre-nup is not needed.
2. Pre-nups are tricky, and are not always enforceable. That is, a divorce court may throw some (or even all) of the pre-nup provisions away if these are found to contradict the law or public policy. Examples: agreements concerning custody and child support are typically not enforceable. Ditto an agreement not to have children. Agreements on property division and alimony could also turn out to be unenforceable.
3. Process of negotiating a pre-nup could be very contentious and harmful for the trust in relationship. It is like a mini-divorce.
IMO, this is no substitute to pre-screening your prospective wife, and getting to know her really well.
Why marry a golddigger, even with a pre-nup?
In some situations, pre-nup is clearly called for, but it is far from cure-all.
As for myself, I got married twice, both times without a pre-nup.
"Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy." - Henry Kissinger
"Chivalry is dead because women killed it." - Dave Chapelle
Hand's off Avril, she's mine! You can have Britney, Avril could beat you both up.Originally posted by Spike_the_cowboy
MetalFortress, you take Avril... I'll deal with Britney.![]()
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Why do you read Maxim magazine?Anyone seen the pics of her in Maxim?
1.) It's a men's magazine, and I can relate to it.Why do you read Maxim magazine?
If you don't want to pay the bills for a lazy woman, don't stick your pickle in her in the first place.Originally posted by princelydeeds
If a woman decides not to work why should a man be forced to pay for her laziness.
You never did answer my question:Originally posted by Eileen
If you don't want to pay the bills for a lazy woman, don't stick your pickle in her in the first place.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
That sounds like a canned response. How does looking at half-naked pictures of Anna Kournikova make me average, frustrated, or a chump? I just don't see how that would negatively impact my life...Maxim magazine relies directly on the wallets of AFCs around the world.
Most magazines do these days... By that same argument I shouldn't look at hustler or penthouse either.It sells it's magazine with sex appeal.
It could print all the dating advice columns in Chinese and frankly I wouldn't notice the difference, since I don't usually read the articles, and the ones I do read are not serious topics, like office olympics (rubber band archery is cool). Why would anybody look to a magazine for life changing advice anyway?It also has some of the worst columns on dating advice that I've ever read.
I was referring to the articles, not half naked pictures of women. My whole opinion is why should I pay for a half-naked picture of women when I could probably find it on the internet for free? Also, a real half-naked woman is much more fun!That sounds like a canned response. How does looking at half-naked pictures of Anna Kournikova make me average, frustrated, or a chump? I just don't see how that would negatively impact my life...
So does the music industry. I'm certainly not going to buy a CD of Christina Aguurewelr just because she's half naked on her album covers.Most magazines do these days... By that same argument I shouldn't look at hustler or penthouse either.
Why would anyone look at the internet for life changing advice?Why would anybody look to a magazine for life changing advice anyway?
HeheheOriginally posted by Bungo Pony
I have yet to see another marriage besides mine where the man isn't whipped. I've got a friend who is getting married at the end of the month, and his fiance already treats him like 5hit. She's sure as hell nothing to look at (she's gotta be over 300 lbs) and if I were him, I'd run. Can't really say anything because his fiance is my wife's friend (that's how I met him).
It'll only be a matter of time until men finally get pissed off (like the women did) and organize a Men's Rights group. Prepare for WWIII, the war of the sexes.
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.