"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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mikeyb

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Never heard of it. I googled him but all I found were pictures of some juiced-up bodybuilder. Could you post a link?
 

Quagmire911

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Iron Addict says it is a not go, so that means it is a no go.
 

"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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Quagmire911 said:
Iron Addict says it is a not go, so that means it is a no go.
Iron Addict is kinda odd at times. He told me i'm likely to never correct my posture no matter what I do. (i'm not even that screwed up)

Lots of other places seem to be quite insistent that posture change through stretching and strengthening is very possible. Even stronglifts has lots of stuff about it on his blog, and my one ex corrected her shoulders' forward slump through a personal trainer. I don't know why iron addict would act like there's nothing you can do. All he said was "i don't believe in that."

It seems like every guru out there has some weird ideas like Poliquin's supplement recommendations where like every recommendation he has is "take lots and lots!"
 
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