"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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Trying to change the plans.

ItsFate451

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Have a date scheduled for tonight with a woman I met off tinder. We both agreed to meet at this bar at 8. Well earlier today, she messages me on tinder saying “let’s meet at 8:30. I stayed a little later for a meeting.”

I took that as a minor red flag and told her we agreed to meet at 8. I was going to head straight there after work and I really don’t want to wait an extra 30 min. She backpedaled and went back to the original time.

Was I too harsh or did I pass a test?
 

"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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AttackFormation

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The only red flag I'm seeing is basing your plans on a woman's mood in the first place. If you don't want to do the activity you invite a woman for by yourself no matter whether or when she comes, then you're putting your balls in her hands.
 

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Have a date scheduled for tonight with a woman I met off tinder. We both agreed to meet at this bar at 8. Well earlier today, she messages me on tinder saying “let’s meet at 8:30. I stayed a little later for a meeting.”

I took that as a minor red flag and told her we agreed to meet at 8. I was going to head straight there after work and I really don’t want to wait an extra 30 min. She backpedaled and went back to the original time.

Was I too harsh or did I pass a test?
There is no flag or test here. People get delayed sometimes. Don’t make it into something it’s not. Inflexibility ruins your attitude.
 
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lizardking82

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If she's not there by 8:30, leave. Teach people to respect your time. There is a thin line between flexibility and not respecting the worth of your own time.
 

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You can't chill for 30 mins by yourself? Drive yourself there a little slower and make it a 15 minute wait?

$hit, be glad she's got a JOB!
 

"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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People run late. It happens. At least she was respectful enough to let you know early in the day rather than waiting until last minute.

And if you got that butthurt over her running late and letting you know about it, I could imagine what your thread would have been had she decided to cancel or flake because she didnt have time to get ready after you made her feel like shyte for running late.

Can you imagine asking someone to borrow $100 and them offering you $50 instead, and you look at them and say "But I said I wanted $100".

Its ungrateful and disturbing, just like your attitude of playing hard @ss and saying "I told her we agreed to meet at 8".

Chill out dude. You dont fvcking own these women and that attitude will cause you to lose dates.

Women want to date fun, outgoing and chill guys.
 
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