Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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When was the last time you cuddled?

Die Hard

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Be honest :)
 

"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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Saturday. I like to bang it out animal style, take a quick nap/cuddle and bang it out some more, nap again. Rinse and repeat as many times as necessary.
 

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Sunday. Fell asleep at 1 in the morning while trying to break through LMR. Woke up at 445am the previous day, had a full day at work, and drove 5 hours to this chick's place. Accidentally cuddled.
 

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Ummm, I specifically wanted to hear the Mature Men's responses to my question, not the Anything Else people's responses

Furthermore, the subject is about women/relationships/love/sex/etcetera, it is NOT about anything else, so put the thread back where it belongs?

Some mods nowaydays :down:
 

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I can't even remember the last time I cuddled with a human woman. I used to think it was "getting in good" with a chosen woman to cuddle, way in the past, but have learned otherwise over the years. I used to cuddle with my dog all the time but she died several years ago. I can't even stand feet touching in bed these days or even trying to sleep in the same bed for a whole night. They are just too damn hot and suck all the coolness out of you when sleeping. You wake up sweating and panting for no reason and it's because she has her leg on you heating you up. LOL.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Fatal Jay

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I don't know about cuddling, but I do always spoon, I spooned two nights ago.
 

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I like cuddling right after a shower or when its really freaking cold out. After I steal her heat, I kick her out of bed. During the summer I build a pillow wall between my wife and I, her body heats up like volcano for some reason.
 

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Whales tend to produce body heat bro, lol just kidding man.
 

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^ Ha ha. I last cuddled last summer. I'm going through a dry spell.
 

"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.

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Atom Smasher

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Die Hard said:
Ummm, I specifically wanted to hear the Mature Men's responses to my question, not the Anything Else people's responses

Furthermore, the subject is about women/relationships/love/sex/etcetera, it is NOT about anything else, so put the thread back where it belongs?

Some mods nowaydays :down:
Reasonable request. It fits here in MM. Moved.
 

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Dear DieHard,
It was after my first Day at School...The big Boys gave me a hard time...Dear Old Mummsie wiped my tears away and gave me a big cuddle!
 

Die Hard

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Atom Smasher said:
Reasonable request. It fits here in MM. Moved.
Thanks. It's an honest question, just as the thread about making love.
 

"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.

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5 years ago. Seriously. My hook ups since have been ONS, exs or random drunken hook ups. Either way I've been out the door as soon as I bust. Been in a dry spell for a long time and honestly I don't have the time or inclination to cuddle. I came here to do a job and get it done and move on to the next thing I have to do.

I'm starting to think I have been come incapable of feeling the softer emotions outside of greed, anger, hatred and disgust. I can feel admiration and awe, but the whole love and cuddly crap, I can't feel it in me any more.
 

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Actually just cuddled with my wife after banging her, the other thing that usually happens is I let one rip right after, today was no exception. :up:

Happy Valentines Day!
 

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LiveFreeX said:
Actually just cuddled with my wife after banging her, the other thing that usually happens is I let one rip right after, today was no exception. :up:

Happy Valentines Day!
You had to cuddle because you only lasted 2 minutes and felt bad. You banging raw no BC?
 

"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.

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