"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Would you accept loveless marriage?

diplomatic_lie

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Let's imagine for a second, that we are still in imperial times. Your family wants you to marry this girl from another family in order to improve the trading relations of your two families.

The girl is pretty, 7/10, but you don't love her. Hell, you don't care for her personality. But marrying her would provide you would an enormous boost in social status, money, and prestige.

Would you accept?
 

"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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Centaurion

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Damn right I would. But that doesn't exclude me from porking some other chicks on the side.
 

Climax

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erm....

No I would not accept. If its the money that I am in for, then I'd find myself a rich HB9 that I AM interested in. *G*:rolleyes:


Laterz...
 

Microphone Fiend

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well back then, wouldn't she be more of a servant then a wife? Soemone who cooks n cleans and stays home and what have you? Im not anti-feminist, just pondering... cuz then Id marry her and just have mistresses who I love
 

"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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Laney

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Just treat her as a buisness partner, and make sure she gets a good deal out of it too so she doesn't complain!

So yeah! Why not!
 

"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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SexPDX

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Originally posted by diplomatic_lie
Let's imagine for a second, that we are still in imperial times.
With the above as one of the established parameters, I would say yes. At that time intended purpose of marriage was entirely different than it is now. Royalty and aristocracy married for political and economic reasons. That is simply what was done.

However, I'd have a different view of it if we were to assume it was 2005 and my life was more similar to what it really is.

-PDX
 

Aztec

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Originally posted by diplomatic_lie
Let's imagine for a second, that we are still in imperial times. Your family wants you to marry this girl from another family in order to improve the trading relations of your two families.

The girl is pretty, 7/10, but you don't love her. Hell, you don't care for her personality. But marrying her would provide you would an enormous boost in social status, money, and prestige.

Would you accept?
There's always a catch...there's always will be. :D

But just based on your data, then yeah.
 
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