The Code of Male Honor: Don't Play by Her Rules

Алексей Ворм

The Code of Male Honor: Don't Play by Her Rules

Novel-essay

Don't Play by Her Rules – a man's perspective on relationships, or a raw conversation about a life without rules.

Epigraph to the book

«A man without honor is like a ship without a rudder. He floats but does not know where. He endures but does not understand why. He loves but does not know how to respect himself. And without respect, there is no love, no life—only an illusion.

I did not search for literary epithets and wrote as it is, as I feel—the book contains strong language.»

– Alexey Worm

Disclaimer: This book is intended for a mature audience (18+) and expresses the author's raw emotions and personal worldview, which may not align with all readers. It contains explicit language and deals with adult themes.

About the Book

«Don't Play by Her Rules. Take Back Responsibility for Your Life.»

«The Code of Male Honor» is a raw, unfiltered conversation. No sugar-coated advice, no political correctness. Through the story of Semyon Pavlintsev, who endured betrayal, divorce, and the collapse of everything he held meaningful, you will see what true male strength really is and why "being a good man" often means being a weak one. You will understand how to build unshakable personal boundaries that command respect, not ridicule. You will learn to walk through pain without breaking, drawing strength from it instead of resentment. You will discover how to master your aggression, turning it from a destructive force into a source of confidence and control.

This isn't dry theory. It's a compilation of real experience, hard-won principles, and practical conclusions. If you're ready to hear the hard truth about yourself, about relationships, and about what is truly expected of you—this book will become your guide to action.

Contains strong language and mature themes. For readers 18+.

Personal Drama

I began writing this book in a state of profound inner turmoil—the moment I finally understood that the woman I loved no longer belonged to me. She didn't just leave; she ceased to be mine in the most fundamental sense.

Suddenly, with agonizing clarity, came the realization: the ideal of a woman, etched into my very essence—perhaps on a genetic level, or perhaps woven from illusions and hopes—turned out to be utterly alien to the person with whom I had shared my life. Almost everything about her—her thoughts, her actions, even her manner of breathing—suddenly became foreign, as if we had been speaking different languages for years without noticing.

The pain I felt was not merely an emotion—it became a physical phenomenon. A crushing weight compressed my chest, spreading through my body in hot waves, paralyzing my mind. I couldn't sleep, eat, or concentrate. My thoughts were tangled, and the world around me lost its color. There were moments when it seemed that just a little more—and I would lose my mind from the emptiness inside.

To keep from falling apart, I threw myself into work like a drowning man clutching at a straw. But when even labor ceased to provide salvation, only one thing remained—to write. To pour onto paper this pain, fear, despair, and… a strange, almost mystical awareness: perhaps this book is not just a cry from the soul, but the beginning of something new.

This book is for men.

I have collected within it the experiences shared online by other guys: how to seduce, how to strengthen a relationship with a woman, how to walk away from those who do not match your inner ideal. Here are stories of divorce, ways not to lose your mind from the pain, and even chapters on how to win back the one who left.

This is not dry theory—these are the real experiences, mistakes, and victories of men just like us. Taking the experience of others and filtering it through myself, I've added my own understanding and now pass it on.

This is my first psychological work, written in an essayistic style, where the main characters are he—Semyon Pavlintsev, and she—Anzhelika.

The most important thing for me is that every man who picks up this book feels that he is not alone.

There are many of us, we are together, and God is with us.

June 29, 2025

Alex Worm

Contains strong language and mature themes. For adult readers only.