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.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
You’ll be alright. I’m don’t debate with leftists. Wrong tree again.What a pathetic response.
Wrong. Lol. If that was true then stop taxing them.In 2020, cities drive countries. Cities subsidize rural areas, not vice versa.
Why should rural areas get special tax treatment? Are they not citizens?Wrong. Lol. If that was true then stop taxing them.
Name a better form a government.This brings up a good point about the destructive nature of democracy. A failed concept.
Have you ever visited Singapore, Tokyo or Seoul?The chances of your fanatical scenario are infinitesimal. Preceisely, there are only two reasons why such would ever have a motive:
1) the economic conditions in your country have become so desperate (think great depression) people have to resort to complete mob burglary of strangers
2) You're both wealthy and well-known or you crossed someone and haven't invested in personal security (your own fault).
The remedy exists of course. In a non-gun society, you should be able to fight and defend yourself in hand-to-hand combat and utilize less-lethal weapons.
A ban is nothing without confiscation. It would require a Star Trek transporter to make all guns vanish. Unfortunately, there are too many guns in circulation for this to ever be feasible.
Stricter gun laws yield lower incidents of gun homicides, domestic homicides, and domestic suicides. The data on this is comprehensive.
Interestingly, we agree.
The problem is that losers use guns as a substitute for actual self-defense training. I own a gun as well... but only because I won't be caught defending my house with knives when other idiots have guns.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
Oh that’s easy. Lol. Surely you’ve that about this outside the contact of controlling everything. Right?Why should rural areas get special tax treatment? Are they not citizens?
Name a better form a government.
In rural areas they do need guns buddy.Did humans hunt before gunpowder?
Sorry but it does not work. Chicago is a prime example. The city is very strict on guns yet inundated with guns brought in from Wisconsin and Indiana. Gun confiscation will only work if done nationwide.Maybe you guys should campaign, as a trial project by getting at least 1 city within the US to not only confiscate but ban gun ownership using extreme harsh penalties as an enforcement tool.
Rural areas self-governing wouldn't survive modern society. They barely have functioning infrastructure as is. And how would they protect themselves?Oh that’s easy. Lol. Surely you’ve that about this outside the contact of controlling everything. Right?
The city votes only for itself. It taxes only for itself. Counties and towns vote for themselves and tax only themselves.
This is older than democracy. Democracy is persuasion.
Well there’s downsides to those places. LolHave you ever visited Singapore, Tokyo or Seoul?
You'd could walk anywhere at any godly hour without the worry at being mugged at gun point.
That would feel good right?
It even feels better knowing that your child is relatively safe from being gunned down in the safety of their own schools.
Maybe you guys should campaign, as a trial project by getting at least 1 city within the US to not only confiscate but ban gun ownership using extreme harsh penalties as an enforcement tool.
I'd wager that not only crime will drop drastically but death related violence too.
I'd also wager, prices of housing will increase dramatically in the coming years as more families migrate there seeking an increase in the quality of life for their children.
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
.......you said democracy is failed concept than advocated for democracy. Can't make this shvt up. This is sad.Oh that’s easy. Lol. Surely you’ve that about this outside the contact of controlling everything. Right?
The city votes only for itself. It taxes only for itself. Counties and towns vote for themselves and tax only themselves.
This is older than democracy. Democracy is persuasion.
From what?And how would they protect themselves?
Wrong.In rural areas they do need guns buddy.
Hunting is acceptable with guns, some animals like marsupials are a real pest to crops and grow into large number if there is no crowd control.
Disease, environmental disasters, cyber warfare, biological warfare, and conventional warfare. How you gonna protect yourself out there?From what?
200+ years ago.Our country was built without cities. Lol
No. You think a centralized authority figure and government Voted by a majority that supports your mental proclivities should run it all. That’s what’s sad........you said democracy is failed concept than advocated for democracy. Can't make this shvt up. This is sad.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
You think you’re smarter now? LolDisease, environmental disasters, cyber warfare, biological warfare, and conventional warfare. How you gonna protect yourself out there?
200+ years ago.
I'm not an American. I don't need nor ever heard of the pro gun propaganda.Wrong.
Humans were able to hunt and farm long before gunpowder.
Guns are a convenience, not a necessity. You're still accepting the pro-gun propaganda.
Reality exists, the only fanatical ideas here are yours.The chances of your fanatical scenario are infinitesimal. Preceisely, there are only two reasons why such would ever have a motive:
1) the economic conditions in your country have become so desperate (think great depression) people have to resort to complete mob burglary of strangers
2) You're both wealthy and well-known or you crossed someone and haven't invested in personal security (your own fault).
The remedy exists of course. In a non-gun society, you should be able to fight and defend yourself in hand-to-hand combat and utilize less-lethal weapons.
That is a federal responsibility. That is it’s job. Not to tell people what to think. We gladly pay for that. Plus the bulk of us have served.Disease, environmental disasters, cyber warfare, biological warfare, and conventional warfare. How you gonna protect yourself out there.
You have a vivid imagination.Reality exists, the only fanatical ideas here are yours.
The scenario I talked about its not metaphorical, its based on real events that apparently you cant process because they are in conflict with your wishes.
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.