"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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thoughts on not masturbating

FBA808

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i am in a new place for a little while, really busy, probably won't hook up

i haven't masturbated since i've been here, 6 days now

might not sound like a lot, but i usually masturbated once or twice a day

while sometimes i get REALLY horny, i also feel like i am thinking clearer and becoming more naturally social, almost as if nature is forcing me to be since i'm not getting a nut

i think i'm gonna stop for good

if you got something from this, good, i'm glad.
 

"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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Tomatoes

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Watch the film "40 days and 40 Nights."

I watched it and tried to follow up on it. I went for 27 days then I stopped...I could of carried on but i couldnt find a good enough reason to. Must admit thow. If you stop.....When you come back. It feels ****ing good.
 

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yeah same deal with me. its like whats the point really. just dont do it as often, say like once or twice a week and youll get the same effect.
 

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how many no masturbation threads have been made up the past year or so ??... id say about 50 or so... so do a search next time.....
 

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there is nothing really wrong with masturbation, so don't make it out to be all evil, but yeah, it makes you different if you don't release because of hormonal levels and such.


the easiest way to stop doing it all the time is to realize that pleasure comes from experience itself, not release. Sort of a tantric approach, i guess. It makes the sex better as well, since your aim would be not to come, but to enjoy physical interaction with a beautiful person.
 

"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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