I have seen various versions of the rules. It is my belief that there are only three rules guys need to know. If these three are understood, we might save ourselves some trouble. I have seen lists that have well over 10 rules, but they are generally restatements of the three basic rules and just a whole lot more to read. If however, you would like some more detail, feel free to check out other lists of The Rules.

Rule #1

The girl always makes the rules. However, she can let the guy believe he had a say or even actually made a rule, but the girl will always be the one deciding on the rule.

Rule #2

Girls can change the rules at any time. This results in the fact that a guy can never know all the rules. In fact, few guys will ever learn any rules except for these three very vague rules that girls want us to know and understand because they just confuse us as to what they mean and basically just say we must always agree with them.

Rule #3

The guy must always be the one to apologize. He should also show his understanding of his error by presenting the girl with gifts such as flowers, candy, or whatever else she might like. It doesn't matter whose fault it really is, the guy must still apologize. If you need some help coming up with an apology, try Mark's Apology Note Generator. Even if a girl apologizes for something, this is only a trick to see if the guy understands Rule #3. If this happens, the guy must also apologize and guess about whether to accept the girl's apology or tell her she didn't do anything wrong. The wrong move here can be worse than not apologizing because it shows a lack of understanding of what the guy did wrong. So guys be careful and if at all possible kiss her as soon as possible after apologizing because the less time she has to ask questions the better!

Now guys, we all know these rules are not fair and we have our own list of rules we wish girls knew, but as long as we can follow these and at least get the girl to think we believe them, we can save ourselves alot of long "discussions". But one word of caution...DON'T LET HER EVER KNOW YOU APOLOGIZED HALF-HEARTEDLY! If she suspect you aren't completely sincere, you are in for a longer and more grueling interrogation, silent-treatment (not always a bad thing), lack of chores being done, etc.

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