Derek Flint
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Again, why do I need to learn it?
I have no use for it in business or personal life.
I have no use for it in business or personal life.
"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.
Universal height
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"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.
Don_Joffe
Senior Don Juan
So 175cm is considered as short, then how is that Don Juan was about 175cm tall? I heard that you are only considered as short if the girl is taller than you, if you are taller than all the girls you are with then its perfectly cool.
i don't know what it's like where you live, don joffe, but in italy most teenagers are more than 175 cm, so that's quite a short height... maybe not short, but surely a bit less than average.
u cannot relate to don juan, since he lived over 300 years ago, man... at that time 180 was really tall (like 190 today), so, obviously, 175 was above average height
u cannot relate to don juan, since he lived over 300 years ago, man... at that time 180 was really tall (like 190 today), so, obviously, 175 was above average height
jakethasnake
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Then that's probably your fault for being such a provincial fool, isn't it?
Nothing like a dose of cosmopolitan flair to make a man cultured and interesting.shrewd
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Do they factor in midgits when considering the average height? My friend tells me they do
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.