"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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Where Does a Woman's Devotion Come From?

Jules Verne

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I was browsing this morning, and I caught a line that said, "Women love how men make them feel."

Obviously, that alone cannot lead a woman to stay with her man.

This board advocates devotion as one of many characteristics found in loyal women.

I am thinking that devotion arises once the degree of feelings that the woman experiences hits a certain point.

So where does devotion come from? And how is the woman's love, or devotion in this specific case, for the man, not the feelings he evokes within her, sustained?
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Ganondorf

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a little thing called attachment, friendship, love, etc

alot of things. you can't just pinpoint it to one thing

that's like asking what makes you stay friends with your friends.
 

Vypros

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A woman's devotion stems from how much she feels needed in the relationship. Which is why you have women who stay with guys who are alcholics or drug addicts, because she feels like a guy like that NEEDS her to get better.
 

DJDamage

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Jules Verne said:
I was browsing this morning, and I caught a line that said, "Women love how men make them feel."

Obviously, that alone cannot lead a woman to stay with her man.
We are all self serving creatures. The sooner you come to terms with that concept the better you will understand women and yourself.

The media would like us to believe that love is eternal and unconditional. Make no mistake about it: Love is very much conditional, and as long as you can make a woman go crazy for you, the longer she will love you. Same goes for men, would you really feel in "love" with a woman if she stopped sleeping with you or became fat and unattractive to you?! the answer is no.

Fear of losing a man is also a motive for a woman to stick around not just the way he makes her feel about herself.
 

darkstarrr

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DJDamage said:
Fear of losing a man is also a motive for a woman to stick around not just the way he makes her feel about herself.
Women can not feel true "love" unless they believe there is something they can do which will cause them to lose you.

Aside from that the physical attraction and your attitude need to be in check.

Regardless, if you are dealing with a troubled one all the rules go out the window.
 

"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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penkitten

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you can only be as devoted as your faith is deep.

if you have no faith in something, you will not be devoted to it.
 

Bass-Turd

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penkitten said:
you can only be as devoted as your faith is deep.

if you have no faith in something, you will not be devoted to it.

Penkitten Nailed it on da head
 
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