{"id":5502,"date":"2018-01-09T00:45:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/?p=5502"},"modified":"2018-01-25T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T04:59:37","slug":"relationship-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/relationship-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationship Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Healthy Relationship Rules For Couples To Obey<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Are you dating or married to a woman you love dearly&#8230; but she seems to be acting up lately?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Or are you in a relationship that was once effortless&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;but now, everything seems so stressful and soul-crushing?<\/p>\n<p>She might be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disrespectful<\/li>\n<li>Irritable<\/li>\n<li>Constantly stressed out<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/controlling-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Controlling<\/a> and dominating<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/angry-wife-syndrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angry at you for things you didn&#8217;t do<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Challenging your authority<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/signs-she-psycho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acting batshit crazy<\/a> for no reason at all<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If any of the above hits home, then guess what? You&#8217;re not alone.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the what we call the <em>\u201cperfect relationship that got ruined by commitment\u201d<\/em> problem.<\/p>\n<p>LOTS of guys experience it!<\/p>\n\n<h2><strong>Every Relationship Will Turn Bad (It&#8217;s Just A Matter Of Time)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>If you really think about it, it doesn\u2019t really make lots of sense, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I mean \u2013 how can a relationship that was <em>SO GOOD <\/em>suddenly become <em>SO BAD<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>How can the sweetest, most madly-in-love girlfriend suddenly turn into a harpy?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Steven&#8217;s Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Those are some of the questions Steven, one of my Shogun Method clients, asked me about his wife Dana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were crazy in love with each other for three years,\u201d Steven told me. <em>\u201cThen we got married and it all went to hell.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s not all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Steven also told me that the harder he tried to please her, the worse her behavior became.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to give up my social life to please her,\u201d Steven complained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I stopped studying so I could work a second job to please her. I go with her preferences in every aspect of the relationship. And she STILL treats me like dirt. What am I doing wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked Steven in the eye and said, \u201cEverything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked insulted. \u201cWhat?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I sighed. <strong><em>\u201cYou heard me. You\u2019re doing EVERYTHING wrong. First and foremost, you\u2019re trying to make her happy&#8230; which is one of the WORST things you could ever do.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#cb3b34;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#e5554e;border-color:#ffffff;color:#fff;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><strong>READ ALSO: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/is-she-using-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is She Using Me<\/a>?&#8221;<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Why Trying Making Her Happy Is Futile<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Let me pause my story right there.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did that last statement shock you?<\/p>\n<p>If, like Steven, you\u2019re with a woman you love dearly, but the relationship is going to the dogs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;then chances are you\u2019re doing something wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And if everything you try keeps making things worse&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;then you\u2019re probably doing <strong>EVERYTHING <\/strong>wrong. Common sense, right?<\/p>\n<p>But you know what?<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NOT<\/span> your fault.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You and millions of other guys in the world today have been <em>conned<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For decades, men have been fed truckloads of bullshit advice about relationships.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example: there\u2019s the timeless advice of <em>\u201cHappy wife, happy life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Did you ever buy into that?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m telling you now \u2013 it\u2019s bullshit. And if you believe it, then your RELATIONSHIP will be bullshit.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Fuck Honesty<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Another example?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHonesty is the best policy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s ALSO bullshit, times two.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, it\u2019s a good &#8220;policy&#8221;. But it\u2019s far from being the best.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <strong>if you\u2019re completely honest with your woman&#8230; then you\u2019re setting yourself up for a future with a lot of pain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If any of this shocks you&#8230; then GOOD.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s MEANT to shock you.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s meant to break you out of these crazy ideas that are flushing your relationship down the toilet.<\/p>\n<p>And instead, <strong>I\u2019ll be giving you the ten REAL relationship rules to obey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Want your girlfriend or wife to be less emotional and disrespectful?<\/p>\n<p>Want her to respect you AND be happy at the same time?<\/p>\n<p>Want the ultimate key to <a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/understanding-relationships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">understanding relationships<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Then take the red pill, and I\u2019ll show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#cb3b34;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#e5554e;border-color:#ffffff;color:#fff;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><strong>READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/how-to-make-your-girlfriend-happy-when-shes-sad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How To Make Your Girlfriend Happy<\/a><\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Top 10 REAL Relationship Rules To Obey<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with #10 \u2013 and I already mentioned it earlier.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rule #10: Don\u2019t Make Her Happy All The Time.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ever noticed how the happiest girlfriends and wives around seem to have a man who\u2019s a bit of a jerk?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For instance, he:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Argues with her from time to time<\/li>\n<li>Disciplines or punishes her bad behavior<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/how-to-be-dominant-in-a-relationship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Always dominates the relationship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sometimes makes her cry<\/li>\n<li>Doesn\u2019t make her his top priority in life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, the nice guys who would <em>\u201cnever do anything to hurt her\u201d<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;tend to get <em>pussywhipped <\/em>by the women they love, and tend to eventually get left behind.<\/p>\n<p>But why?<\/p>\n<p>Simple. <strong>Women are happiest when they feel both pleasure <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AND<\/span> pressure in their relationships.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But when it\u2019s just pleasure day and night, seven days a week&#8230; they get bored of it FAST.<\/p>\n<p>Think of it this way: how would you feel if your life was about nothing but TV, video games, surfing, and fast food?<\/p>\n<p>It might be fun at first. But soon enough, you\u2019ll ask yourself: <em>\u201cIs this all there is?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s EXACTLY what your woman feels when you try to make her happy all the time.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, she\u2019ll look at you and ask herself: <em>\u201cIs this all there is?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So first things first:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Don\u2019t try to make her happy all the time.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a better way, and you\u2019ll learn it in this article. So, keep reading!<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#cb3b34;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#e5554e;border-color:#ffffff;color:#fff;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><strong>READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/how-to-rekindle-a-broken-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How To Rekindle A Marriage<\/a><\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Rule #9: Don\u2019t Be Honest All The Time.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The more honest and predictable you are, the more bored she\u2019ll be. <\/strong>It&#8217;s true.<\/p>\n<p>And when she\u2019s bored, she\u2019ll be on the lookout for men who are <em>NOT <\/em>boring.<\/p>\n<p>My advice? Keep her guessing, and keep her interested. There\u2019s nothing more attractive to a woman than a guy she can\u2019t figure out.<\/p>\n<p>Honesty with a woman? Overrated.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rule #8: Leave The Pickup Artist Crap In The 2000\u2019s.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Pickup Artist (or PUA) advice is so last decade. <a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/not-pickup-artists-puas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leave it there<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re in a committed relationship. It\u2019s a whole different ball game, and you\u2019re learning the rules right now.<\/p>\n<p>Best wise up quick!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rule #7: Obey The IRAE Model.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In case you don\u2019t know it yet, every relationship with a woman goes through four stages:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The <strong>Intrigue <\/strong>stage, when she first feels curious about you<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Rapport <\/strong>stage, when she gets to know you better<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Attraction <\/strong>stage, when she decides she wants you as a lover\/boyfriend<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Enslavement <\/strong>stage, when she becomes emotionally addicted to you for life<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Inside Shogun Method, this is known as the <strong>&#8220;IRAE Model&#8221;<\/strong> <em>(IRAE = Intrigue, Rapport, Attract, Enslave)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Since she\u2019s already your girlfriend and wife, then you\u2019re past the Attraction stage.<\/p>\n<p>But you\u2019re not done yet. <strong>You\u2019ll need to pass the Enslavement stage, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This article will teach you the one technique to do just that, so keep reading \u2018til the end.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rule #6: Don\u2019t Just Be Her \u201cBoyfriend\u201d Or \u201cHusband.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You don\u2019t want her to see you as just her \u201cboyfriend\u201d or \u201chusband.\u201d ANY other guy can fill those roles for her.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, work to be <strong>the only guy she\u2019ll ever want to spend the rest of her life with.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And you\u2019re about to find out how.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#cb3b34;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#e5554e;border-color:#ffffff;color:#fff;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><strong>READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/unrequited-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unrequited Love<\/a>? What You Need To Know<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Rule #5: She\u2019ll Only Be Happy if You Dominate Her.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>No woman wants to be tied to a weak man she can push around.<\/p>\n<p>Want to make her happy? <strong>Then become the strong, dominant, controlling son-of-a-bitch she needs you to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How? That\u2019s up next.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rule #4: To Dominate Her, You Must Manipulate Her.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Human beings are natural manipulators. Your ancestors manipulated their environments, their situations, and their relationships.<\/p>\n<p>And as a result, you\u2019re alive today, reading this article.<\/p>\n<p><strong>People who don\u2019t manipulate others tend to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GET<\/span> manipulated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Case in point? <em>You<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Your woman is manipulating you to say, be, and do things you don\u2019t really want. And you feel helpless about it.<\/p>\n<p>My advice? Manipulate her. Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rule #3: To Manipulate Her, You Must Enslave Her.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Remember the <a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/stages-of-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">four stages of a happy, healthy relationship<\/a>? The IRAE Model?<\/p>\n<p>The last stage is <strong>Enslavement<\/strong>. <em>Win that stage, and you win in your relationship.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Enslaving her means making her emotionally addicted to you for the rest of her life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When she\u2019s emotionally addicted to you, she\u2019ll follow your lead unquestioningly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And as you should know by now, that\u2019s the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only<\/span> way she\u2019ll be truly happy in your relationship.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the catch: <em>You can\u2019t enslave her through force<\/em>. And you can\u2019t enslave her with logic.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll need something else \u2013 something more POWERFUL.<\/p>\n<p>And here it is&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#cb3b34;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#e5554e;border-color:#ffffff;color:#fff;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><strong>READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/toxic-love-relationships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How To Know If Your Relationship Is Toxic<\/a><\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Rule #2: You Can, And Should, Make Her Think What You Want.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re talking about Mind Control. You need to \u201cimplant\u201d ideas in her mind \u2013 ideas that will make her feel totally addicted to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why don&#8217;t <em>force <\/em>or <em>logic <\/em>work?<\/p>\n<p>Because when you use force or logic, you trigger her logical defenses. Women have been hard-wired by Mother Nature to resist or reject direct approaches by men.<\/p>\n<p>So, you take an indirect approach instead.<\/p>\n<p>With Mind Control, you <em>bypass <\/em>her logical defenses and go straight to her emotions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And since she can\u2019t resist what she can\u2019t detect, she\u2019ll believe and follow every word you say.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So how exactly do you do that?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is in the most important relationship rule of all:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rule #1: Put Her On Emotional Rollercoasters.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ever noticed how you get addicted to certain TV shows, brands, sports teams, ideologies, etc.?<\/p>\n<p>You get addicted not because they give you pleasure all the time. <strong>You get addicted because they put you on emotional rollercoasters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TV shows like <em>Game of Thrones <\/em>stress you out with conflicts, and then reward you with happy endings, then stress you out again with cliffhangers&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Brands like <em>Apple <\/em>tease you with new products, then reward you with the release, then tease you again with even better products&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Sports teams win some and lose some&#8230; but the emotional rollercoaster leading up to winning a championship keeps you hooked&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and so on and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>The results are obvious:<\/p>\n<p>Millions of loyal, die-hard followers and fans.<\/p>\n<p>And probably none of them know what got them hooked in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>What got them hooked?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the Mind Control technique these TV shows, brands, and sports teams use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s a hypnosis technique called Fractionation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#cb3b34;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#e5554e;border-color:#ffffff;color:#fff;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><strong>READ ALSO: How To Deal With An <a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/understanding-a-broken-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emotionally Damaged Woman<\/a><\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<h2><strong>The Most Important Rule Of All: You Must Fractionate Her<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fractionation is the same technique that will:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stop your woman\u2019s bad behavior<\/li>\n<li>Replace it with the behavior you want<\/li>\n<li>Make her realize how lucky she is to have you<\/li>\n<li>Make her truly happy for the first time in her life<\/li>\n<li>And much, much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5707\" src=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/relationship-rules.jpg\" alt=\"The most important relationship rule\" width=\"700\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/relationship-rules.jpg 700w, https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/relationship-rules-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back to Steven, my Shogun Method client I told you about earlier&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At first, he was understandably skeptical. But he decided he had nothing to lose, so he tried using Fractionation on his wife Dana.<\/p>\n<p>The results surprised him:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dana almost instantly stopped treating him like dirt<\/li>\n<li>Instead, she started giving him more attention, as though waiting for guidance<\/li>\n<li>She became more docile, more emotionally stable, and more respectful of his authority<\/li>\n<li>But best of all: for the first time in a long while, she was happy again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All because Steven used Fractionation. All because he became the strong, dominant man she desperately needed him to be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today, it\u2019s your turn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn about Fractionation, how it works, and how to use it to restore the balance in your relationship.<\/p>\n<p>You can do that TODAY \u2013 just <strong>join my Fractionation Masterclass here &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3611\" src=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/enslavement.png\" alt=\"Unrequited Love Sucks\" width=\"151\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/masterclass\/\"><strong>Request Invite For Derek Rake&#8217;s Online Masterclass<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Remember:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t believe any of the dating \u201crules\u201d you\u2019ve been brainwashed to believe.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not about making your girl happy, being completely honest, or \u201cnever treating her badly.\u201d It has never been.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it\u2019s all about being the strong, dominant, purpose-driven man she needs you to be. <strong>It always has been.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And Fractionation is your key to all that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wait any longer and she&#8217;ll leave you for a stronger man. <a href=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/masterclass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn Fractionation today!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll see you in the Masterclass,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-165\" src=\"https:\/\/derekrake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/derek-rake-sig-60.png\" alt=\"Derek Rake\" width=\"167\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PS: Questions? Feedback? Comments? Leave me a message below&#8230; I&#8217;d love to hear from you!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy Relationship Rules For Couples To Obey Are you dating or married to a woman you love dearly&#8230; but she seems to be acting up lately? Or are you in a relationship that was once effortless&#8230; &#8230;but now, everything seems so stressful and soul-crushing? 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