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Classic Mark Twain. Not for the faint of heart.
Classic Mark Twain. Not for the faint of heart.
"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.
What is a man?
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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.
i didnt read the whole thing. personally i got tired of hearing the recurring phrase that is a female mantra--"i am the way i am because of outside forces."
bull fvcking sh1t.
now i can appreciate twain's prowess and literal abilities as much as the next guy, and while that was very well written, its merit ends there. that isnt being a man. being a man is taking control of your life, your actions, and the direction you're heading and making what you want come true.
think about any solid MAN you know. i guarantee he's not that way in your mind for no reason. and i guarantee he didnt get those merits because he just "let his surroundings bring him" his manliness. he probably busted his ass in whatever his craft is... if it's an athlete, he's spent countless hours on his field. if he's a scientific mind, he's killed himself with books. if he's your father, he busted his ass working to make a living to feed you. i know you didnt write this and im not trying to be a d1ck to you but this blase attitude towards making your own life better is not a good way to be.
bull fvcking sh1t.
now i can appreciate twain's prowess and literal abilities as much as the next guy, and while that was very well written, its merit ends there. that isnt being a man. being a man is taking control of your life, your actions, and the direction you're heading and making what you want come true.
think about any solid MAN you know. i guarantee he's not that way in your mind for no reason. and i guarantee he didnt get those merits because he just "let his surroundings bring him" his manliness. he probably busted his ass in whatever his craft is... if it's an athlete, he's spent countless hours on his field. if he's a scientific mind, he's killed himself with books. if he's your father, he busted his ass working to make a living to feed you. i know you didnt write this and im not trying to be a d1ck to you but this blase attitude towards making your own life better is not a good way to be.
Until you do that, your post is completely invalid. You failed. You took the one thing in it that "set you off" and decided to come back and rant at me personally about it. You are the faint of heart I spoke of.(JJ) said:
Crissco
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"There are gold men, and tin men, and copper men, and leaden mean, and steel men, and so on--and each has the limitations of his nature, his heredities, his training, and his environment. You can build engines out of each of these metals, and they will all perform, but you must not require the weak ones to do equal work with the strong ones. In each case, to get the best results, you must free the metal from its obstructing prejudicial ones by education--smelting, refining, and so forth."
I don't agree with this at all. I believe we all are capable of achieve great things, its just that most of the people out there are very lazy and don't put in enough effort in whatever they choose to do. Other then that so far its a pretty damn interesting read.
I don't agree with this at all. I believe we all are capable of achieve great things, its just that most of the people out there are very lazy and don't put in enough effort in whatever they choose to do. Other then that so far its a pretty damn interesting read.
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The old man goes on to explain that when something is done the motivation still comes from an outside force.(JJ) said:
"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.
People don't read here. They react. Just like women do. The latch on to a key point that sticks in their craw and wig out over it instead of trying to understand fully. I've been guilty of that myself and reading this story there were several points I disagreed with, but I kept on reading. And that in my opinion is the difference between a boy and a man. Once you fully understand only then can you dismiss or cosign a point of view. As long as you are just reacting to what you think is a barb against your world view, you are trapped by that world view.
Plinco
Master Don Juan
Yeah, its frustrating to hold public and personal approval as important, have an issue contradict the two, and have to go against the public in what they hold is valuable. But it is what it is.
Thanks for posting this.
Thanks for posting this.