RichardTheFrog
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How the fvck are you gonna get to know someone over less than an hour of sitting across a table from someone?
What is this nonsense bull$h1t.
What is this nonsense bull$h1t.
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Going on dates is pointless, yet necessary?
- Thread starter RichardTheFrog
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"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
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Who keeps giving Richard computer access at the looney bin
RichardTheFrog
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Just for snitching I'm going to carve my username into your Lamborghini
ask your dad take pc access from you
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
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.
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I don't think so, he keeps it cunningly hidden inside an imaginary garage. Apparently the objective of Inception 2 is to key Richard's car by leaping into the dreamspace.
never go for this kind of date. always go for a walk. so you dont pay for her
RichardTheFrog
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The $10 isn't the issue.
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RichardTheFrog
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Huh?
"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
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The purpose of dating is to relax and have fun. You don't have to get to know her entirely in 1 hour.
I've had first dates that go on for four or five hours and end in a kiss, sometimes they don't. Either way it was fun, I usually get something good to eat, company for a night's pretty chilled anyway. It's about just generating an atmosphere you enjoy. What sort of dates do you normally do?