Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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this is why you don't go after your friend's EX

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FLGuy said:
What I think is really funny is the " ol' dirty basterd" of a friend, thought he was being slick and ended up being the one who got played.

For real. It's one thing if he's just a dirty opportunist, trying to get some booty. But the fact that he's trying to parade her around at parties, like she's his girlfriend.....he couldnt have gotten owned any worse.
 

"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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Warrior74 said:
Seriously though, at some point a chic is gonna meet your friends if she's more than just a hook up, and if she's just a hook up, you should be prepared for the "why don't I ever meet your friends" business.
I keep broads at arm's length. They don't meet my friends unless it's just in passing. And I don't have many friends. And I have a very, very small family. So it's not like they're running into them.

Let's put it this way, I have about 10x more ex-girlfriends than I have current friends.

Eventually the broads want more than I'm willing to share and they leave. Sometimes it takes 'em a month, sometimes it takes them a decade. That's how it goes, and that's just fine with me, because I like new broads. Forced turnover creates new opportunities. :yes:
 
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