"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.
The Real Reason Libya was Invaded
- Thread starter Ninja Dude
- Start date
"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.
Dust 2 Dust
Master Don Juan
Like Iraq, Libya was just another neo-con oil war.
Dust 2 Dust
Master Don Juan
Danger said:
Its quite an extensive list, but a few are listed here http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/02/2011227153626965756.html
Quiksilver
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2006
- Messages
- 2,813
- Reaction score
- 55
One thing's for sure.
The West isn't in Libya out of humanitarian concern.
The West isn't in Libya out of humanitarian concern.
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
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.
What? You mean that Libya under Ghadaffi (although a dictator) had one of the highest standards of living and educated people in it's region, the highest Human Development Index in the region, 4th largest GDP in the region and now suddenly 10,000 people are killed, the country's infrastructure is destroyed and Sharia Law has been declared by the National Transitional Council?Quiksilver said:
"But we are there to make the country better nad give the people more freedom and democracy!"
Martin Shabazz Jr.
Don Juan
So Arcbound, why do you think the people revolted?
I'm not saying you're wrong just genuinely curious.
I'm not saying you're wrong just genuinely curious.
3countriesPlan
Master Don Juan
While that country did get more islamic under Gaddafi's rule it was surely a lot more secular than it is now. Gaddafi did a lot of great things for the people there while ruthlessly crushing all those that opposed him. From our standpoint the old version of Libya was actually better, Gaddafi stated there was no room for extremism in the country when he was still around. What do they have now? Sharia law and polygamy... LOL WTF..