FlexpertHamilton
Master Don Juan
When I say luxury I don't mean they're really nice, I just mean they're not a necessity.No man cars are junk
And I like cars
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.
When I say luxury I don't mean they're really nice, I just mean they're not a necessity.No man cars are junk
And I like cars
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.
You're rightWhen I say luxury I don't mean they're really nice, I just mean they're not a necessity.
I always found this bizarreThey make sure the match the curtains with the sofa
Its a glitch that often happens on their firmware.I always found this bizarre
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.
Y2K bugIts a glitch that often happens on their firmware.
Since there was not enough ram to run logic.exe the manufacturer decided to make some other app in a rush and came out with impress.ini and muchADOaboutNothing.exe![]()
Same. Particularly when I hear of a story of a dude hitting a woman, my knee-jerk reaction to it now is “I wonder what she did to piss him off that much...” lolThe more time pass the less judgimental I am toward violent men.
Only BE knows for sure, but since this is a male dominated forum, I'll offer my perspective (which differs entirely from yours.. and that's okay of course).It bugs me that Be negs herself with intros like 'advice from the old lady'
I don't want to talk like that.
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I'm not negging myself. That's not submissiveness.
You're right,Only BE knows for sure, but since this is a male dominated forum, I'll offer my perspective (which differs entirely from yours.. and that's okay of course).
My initial impression from seeing the phrase.... "advice from an old lady" was that ... here's a woman that is comfortable in her own skin. So much in fact that she can have a little fun with the intro. From reading her postings, I never got the impression that she is dismissing her value as a woman or as a forum contributor.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Its usually women to be obsessed about their house and totally unable to keep the basic cleannes and efficiency in their cars.