"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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Women lament men who "hatfish"

"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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Balding men who don’t go on finasteride are committing SMV suicide
 

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Double standards are bad for everyone, yet you can clearly see no one wants to show obvious flaws or a side of their body that bugs them.

Authenticity is key. Especially for the long-term, for the short-term not as much if goals are aligned that way.

I would want to screen out a person who didn't accept me for who I was. I.e. not over 6 foot or hitting some checkbox item on her dating wish list.
 

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Double standards are bad for everyone, yet you can clearly see no one wants to show obvious flaws or a side of their body that bugs them.

Authenticity is key. Especially for the long-term, for the short-term not as much if goals are aligned that way.

I would want to screen out a person who didn't accept me for who I was. I.e. not over 6 foot or hitting some checkbox item on her dating wish list.
Where are the double standards? Both genders hate those who catfish.

Totally agree with you on authenticity. Why would you want a girl to be attracted to a fake version of yourself?
 

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"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.

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I had to read this thread to find out was "hatfishing" was.

I still can't figure out why all country music singers wear cowboy hats, that's always puzzled me.
 

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I’m bald at the crown, but have a fairly normal (not receding) hairline in the front. So an online front pic of me could (arguably) be a bit deceiving, but it’s not like I’m purposely going to photograph the top back of my head and label it Pic #2.

That would be weird lol.
 

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Where are the double standards?
Perhaps that's the wrong word. Just saying no one likes pictures that are deceiving. For example, I talked about being deceived on a recent Bumble date. Her pictures mostly showed her face and from above. When I met her in person, while she did have the cute face, she did have huge arms and a giant outward ring-shaped waste.
 

"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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So on one of my situations I'm looking at. 28 years old guy 23 years old lady. They married. No kids though. She's outta work for 6 months for something medical. She refused to help out around the house, cook or anything else to take a load off him. She feels like it means she's a "slave". . Nevermind that her man is SLAVING 60+ hours a week to bring money in the house with zero support. She's also getting depressed fro. Sleeping all day.

His sex is also shut down.

I pointed out that she could simply help out, do her part to support her man. That she'd become empowered and feel better from not being a leech....

Boy...
 

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Once again online dating is a haven for women to judge the f*ck out of you.
The are looking for literally ANYTHING to find you unattractive. You could have lint on your shirt and she would write you off.
Quit wasting your time with shallow women.
 

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Once again online dating is a haven for women to judge the f*ck out of you.
The are looking for literally ANYTHING to find you unattractive. You could have lint on your shirt and she would write you off.
Quit wasting your time with shallow women.
The alternative being hookers or mgtow monk mode. Pick your poison.

There's no monogamy. Its not reality. I'll hook up casually but, that is it. No cohabitation. No marriage. Its not happening.

Hedonism and a life of debauchery ftw
 

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Perhaps that's the wrong word. Just saying no one likes pictures that are deceiving. For example, I talked about being deceived on a recent Bumble date. Her pictures mostly showed her face and from above. When I met her in person, while she did have the cute face, she did have huge arms and a giant outward ring-shaped waste.
School boy error.

Snap chat ftw
 

"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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What kind of hairstyle do you rock? Buzzed, shaved, or just cut short?
Short and spiked but I typically would wear a hat backwards on dates and my success rate actually went up significantly when I started doing it
 

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I'm bald and it doesn't seem to affect me, at least I don't notice it. When I went out last week I had a random chick with her boyfriend squeeze my face, number closed another chick who literally turned around and stared at me (creeped me out) after that went upstairs and had a girl say I have a pretty face and all the guys (mostly with hair) were ugly. The chick who squeezed my face was cute. Chick upstairs was chubby, but had a cute face and the chick downstairs was a HB 5. Not going to sit here and lie, I did have a hat on though. I do have the bald head shape, im ethnically mixed and when I did have hair it was kept to a short bald fade....so if it did affect my SMV it would be like .2. Had a chick say I would look overrated with hair
 

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And I am chubby right now, but my advice for bald dudes and myself get chiseled!
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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