Editing Iron Rules of Tomassi

== I. Frame is everything<ref>The Rational Male - Frame https://therationalmale.com/2011/10/12/frame/</ref> ==
<blockquote>“Frame is everything. Always be aware of the subconscious balance of whose frame in which you are operating. Always control the Frame, but resist giving the impression that you are.”</blockquote>

== II. Never reveal your notch count<ref>The Rational Male - “You’ve been with how many girls?!” https://therationalmale.com/2011/11/22/youve-been-with-how-many-girls/</ref> ==
<blockquote>“Never, under pain of death, honestly or dishonestly reveal the number of women you’ve slept with or explain any detail of your sexual experiences with them to a current lover.”</blockquote>

== III. The sex is never worth the wait<ref>The Rational Male - Wait For It? https://therationalmale.com/2011/09/23/wait-for-it/</ref> ==
<blockquote>"Any woman who makes you wait for sex, or by her actions implies she is making you wait for sex; the sex is NEVER worth the wait.”</blockquote>

== IV. No shacking up before marriage<ref>The Rational Male - Shacking Up https://therationalmale.com/2011/10/06/shacking-up/</ref> ==
<blockquote>“Never under any circumstance live with a woman you aren’t married to or are not planning to marry in within 6 months.”</blockquote>

== V. Don't rely on her for birth control<ref>The Rational Male - Professional Mothers https://therationalmale.com/2011/12/06/professional-mothers/</ref> ==
<blockquote>“Never allow a woman to be in control of the birth.”</blockquote>

== VI. Women and men love differently<ref>The Rational Male - Women in Love https://therationalmale.com/2011/12/27/women-in-love/</ref> ==
<blockquote>“Women are fundamentally incapable of loving a man in the way that a man expects to be loved by a woman.”</blockquote>

== VII. Spend your time creating new relationships, not digging through the trash<ref>The Rational Male - Rooting Through Garbage https://therationalmale.com/2011/09/08/rooting-through-garbage/</ref> ==
<blockquote>“It is always time and effort better spent developing relations with new, fresh, prospective women than it will ever be in attempting to reconstruct a failed relationship.”</blockquote>

== VIII. Always let a woman figure out why she won’t fuck you, never do it for her<ref>The Rational Male - Just Be Yourself https://therationalmale.com/2012/01/13/just-be-yourself/</ref> ==
<blockquote>“Always let a woman figure out why she won’t fuck you, never do it for her.”</blockquote>

== IX. Never self-deprecate ==
<blockquote>Never seriously self-deprecate with a woman you intend to be intimate with.</blockquote>