"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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The "One" DOES Exist!

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This is pretty much the best post on the forums and should probably be one of the first things to be put in the DJ bible
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
 

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Clever twist of the "ONE". Good example of taking something that's usually a detrimental frame of mind and applying it for good use!
 

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Its good to find a woman with the same characteristics as the "one".

Otherwise, you have the "one", at 12:30pm in the bathroom with some lubriciant and napkins. Truly the "one".
 

"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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i have this post in my favorites and just read it again for probably the tenth time or so. i came across this post when i was feeling discouraged; it really picks me up
 

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I loved this post. Wow. Awesome.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Fantastic bump/necro. :D

Survivor is right. After I met my nemesis, the one Oneitis whom I thought to be The One, I did some deep soul searching.

The most important conclusion I was able to draw from my analysis of myself and my behavior, wants, needs, thoughts, beliefs, and everything else when I suffered that major and (definately) last unanswered Oneitis, was that everything I thought she was, was merely me, my wants, needs and ideals projected onto her.

In essence: In order to get The One, you must become The One. Curious to learn what woman will follow her way up with me when I do.

This should be the basis on which the DJ bible is built really. Why isn't this stickied somewhere in the bible? ;)
 

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wow this is incredible.

so after a bad and draining week, i went to school on friday repeating to myself "im the ten, im the one". singlehandly turned my week around!
 

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Yes, you have to worry about yourself first and foremost. Most marriages are no picnics. Every man always claims he has the best bride, but a couple of years into the marriage he starts complaining about her. I've only maybe two or three happy couples in my life.
 

"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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WOW! GREAT POST!!!

THIS MAKES ME WANT TO FCUK MYSELF CUZ HELL, IM THE ONE!!!:cheer:






...but no seriously, this was too self-centered.
 

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Love yourself. How true this is.
 
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