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Good insights by this lifelong bachelor.
"The Kiss of Death Mistake"
You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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"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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There is no reason to stay single. Get into the relationship. Combine incomes. Get some kids going.
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Unmarried men have less freedom than that guy thinks they have.
Unmarried men are often dependent upon traditional employment, which does make a man less free.
An unmarried man may have a personal life with a good amount of freedom but employment makes him less free as he is dependent upon money from an employer to live.
Not all unmarried men are in a good money situation.
Most men need some sort of relationship in order to get regular sex.
Unmarried men are often dependent upon traditional employment, which does make a man less free.
An unmarried man may have a personal life with a good amount of freedom but employment makes him less free as he is dependent upon money from an employer to live.
Not all unmarried men are in a good money situation.
Most men need some sort of relationship in order to get regular sex.
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So you’re saying they can’t start their own businesses with a fair amount of savings?
Clockwerk50
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I thought this would be your YouTube video.
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
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Most don't have enough savings to do that.
taiyuu_otoko
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How bout you make your own decisions and live your own life the way want instead of following some rando on YT?
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I don't get it. You live in the Philippines. That's means you supposedly have it 1000 times easier than any member on the board.
Regarding the video: dude doesn't look like he gets to choose if his single but that's ofcourse me being judgemental.
Being single is fine. But staying single forever is cope.
Regarding the video: dude doesn't look like he gets to choose if his single but that's ofcourse me being judgemental.
Being single is fine. But staying single forever is cope.
Being single has its pros and cons just like being in a relationship.
Some guys have a preference for one or the other.
The best of both worlds I think is to live on your own, have a girlfriend that is not clingy, lives on her own as well and to catch up on average once a week, maybe more at times e.g. occasional weekends away.
This leaves you enough independence and freedom to do your own thing, spin plates if you want and to exit the relationship without legal complications if it isn’t working out.
Many girls won’t settle for this arrangement long term though.
Some guys have a preference for one or the other.
The best of both worlds I think is to live on your own, have a girlfriend that is not clingy, lives on her own as well and to catch up on average once a week, maybe more at times e.g. occasional weekends away.
This leaves you enough independence and freedom to do your own thing, spin plates if you want and to exit the relationship without legal complications if it isn’t working out.
Many girls won’t settle for this arrangement long term though.
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If you're born a circle you wont die as a square.
Each of us is made to work in a certain way...some guys needs freedom like oxygen while others need stability and support.
Some play it safe and within the rules, others need to have their hands free while they gamble or create their world.
If you play within the limits you limit the achievement and the issues, if you play outside the rules anything is on the menu.
Each of us is made to work in a certain way...some guys needs freedom like oxygen while others need stability and support.
Some play it safe and within the rules, others need to have their hands free while they gamble or create their world.
If you play within the limits you limit the achievement and the issues, if you play outside the rules anything is on the menu.
"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’ve never had a GF that would tolerate a 1xweek meet. At least 3-4/week.
Hamurabimbi
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You will learn, just how much you can break the rules and get away with it.
“Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.”
Logan Pearsall Smith
jhonny9546
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One of the things you'll find out about staying single is that you'll learn a lot about yourself and women from the outside. Now I don't want to make any claims, but staying single has helped me analyze what the 1000 **** stare means, even though I've never been able to understand the real difference, between that look and the one girls will have when they're really attracted to you.
Sometimes there are girls who are really attracted to you, and they'll have that look, just because they're attracted to you. Have you ever noticed? They become empty or they look at you that way, because they want you.
So that doesn't help much to understand either.
But I'm doing my best
Sometimes there are girls who are really attracted to you, and they'll have that look, just because they're attracted to you. Have you ever noticed? They become empty or they look at you that way, because they want you.
So that doesn't help much to understand either.
But I'm doing my best
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I'll be continuing to LIVE alone in '25... This makes dating and mating much simpler
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LOL haha….consider this guy blessed and
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
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During the official boyfriend - girlfriend phase, the couple is getting together around 3 days a week. They are maintaining separate residences during this phase. This is a good phase. This is the phase that I like best.
This phase doesn't last forever. There's some good discussion that can be had around the idea of how long this phase can last. With others in my social circle, this phase didn't last more than a few years before a cohabitation phase and/or a marriage phase.
The majority of my social circle did an unmarried cohabitation phase before marriage.
jhonny9546
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It's very attractive to be seen as very busy.
But then when they move in together, women realize that in reality their man was not as busy as he wanted to make them believe. He was just making himself unavailable to increase her sense of lack.
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Age? Kids?
40 plus!!
"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.