"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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Why were most men in the olden days naturally alpha?

Poonani Maker

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Families were most important then, people gravely cared about their reputation. Big towns, today, were their small towns back then. Word got around; therefore, men, stuck to their guns for the sake of their Name. These days, no one has any shame, even being labelled queer, they gleefully accept with open arms.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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To me, men had to be a lot tougher in previous decades and centuries.

The Sparta, for instance, were madmen. They despised weakness and cowardice, and if weakness and cowardice were demonstrated back in their time, you'd be shamed profoundly for it.

They didn't permit crying nor complaining, nor did they particular care if you were sick or cold or wounded. You were instructed to fight through pain and discomfort no matter what. Being weak simply was not an option.

A lot of men these days wouldn't make it back in their time period. As much as possible I try to embody their way of thinking.

Since being PC is preferred nowadays and since women have more say in things, men have become more feelings-oriented. They have become more introspective and caring, etc. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, however. Keep that in mind.
 

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my parents have been married for over 30 years, my mom is the bread winner in our family. My dad instills in my mind that things today are the same as they where in the 40s-60s but were not discussed and most people hid there personal lives.

My dad says....
"The only problem today is men spend to much time chasing women."

My mom says..
"Everyman is an alpha in his own way, no man or women can do everything in life"
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Because feminism was non existent and so were puṣṣy ass celebrities telling them what is politically correct and what isn't. Those guys gave zero fücks, took care of business via skilled trades, and didn't stay in college til 30, if they gave a fück about it at all. They had an agenda: get a trade, get a wife, get a house, done. They were Occam's Razor personified.

Today I saw a guy in a mustard yellow shirt, 3/4 pants, sandals, and a man-bag tote fücking kinda thing around his shoulder. In 1945 he would of gotten a full-on power-kick with a wing tip to the nuts.

You can't complain about quality when you have no standards.
 
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