"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.

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Gonna wing for my incel bud im SF tonight

Hamurabimbi

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You’re a good man for trying.

Have you considered talking to female friend and seeing if you can set something up for him with a friend? Like just someone that’ll agree to be talk to him and asses him from the female side? Just to get him some courage?
Over the years. Several of my GFs have offered/tried to help. He seems terrified of women though, so it really hasn’t worked.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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Wow. You’re a good man for trying. Years huh?

Is he an engineer/brogrammer type? Age? Divorced raped?

p.s. he needs to do some public speaking type stuff, start with the basics to build confidence? Maybe Toastmasters? Or an SFCC public speaking class? Depending on your time commitment to him maybe offer to do it together?

Over the years. Several of my GFs have offered/tried to help. He seems terrified of women though, so it really hasn’t worked.
 

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Yeah that's a shame really...I still like the effort you put into this.

Bigger underlying issues that we men dont communicate and talk about these problems. In war and love it's s every man for himself. Women are more understanding amongst each other, that's why we as men all know you might have to run game on her fatty friend as well. If your male friend catches a ONS , it's a handshake and see you tomorrow buddy!


Is there a bigger problem at play? Does he actually want to talk to women but for some reason is unable to do it? Recently broken up?
Social Anxiety.
 

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Wow. You’re a good man for trying. Years huh?

Is he an engineer/brogrammer type? Age? Divorced raped?

p.s. he needs to do some public speaking type stuff, start with the basics to build confidence? Maybe Toastmasters? Or an SFCC public speaking class? Depending on your time commitment to him maybe offer to do it together?
Nerdy middle aged. Not DR’d but got Oneitis bad & is down on that.
He actually spiffed himself up this time. So. Maybe he’s starting to care.
 

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[QUOTE="Pierce.Manhammer, post: 2968817,

p.s. he needs to do some public speaking type stuff, start with the basics to build confidence? Maybe Toastmasters? Or an SFCC public speaking class? Depending on your time commitment to him maybe offer to do it together?
[/QUOTE]

He won’t do that. Sadly.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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Hamurabimbi

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Yeah that's a shame really...I still like the effort you put into this.

Bigger underlying issues that we men dont communicate and talk about these problems. In war and love it's s every man for himself. Women are more understanding amongst each other, that's why we as men all know you might have to run game on her fatty friend as well. If your male friend catches a ONS , it's a handshake and see you tomorrow buddy!
I’d probably do him the most favor by hanging back in the shadows. He heightmogs me. But I facemog him to Jupiter & back. He gets ignored when we’re together. I think I could initiate things & then fade.
 

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[QUOTE="Pierce.Manhammer, post: 2968817,

p.s. he needs to do some public speaking type stuff, start with the basics to build confidence? Maybe Toastmasters? Or an SFCC public speaking class? Depending on your time commitment to him maybe offer to do it together?
He won’t do that. Sadly.
[/QUOTE]

Again...until he cares about himself and his situation more than you do, it won't matter.

This is the male version of trying to be Captain Save a Hoe...you can't save a person from them self no matter how badly you may want to.
 

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He won’t do that. Sadly.
Again...until he cares about himself and his situation more than you do, it won't matter.

This is the male version of trying to be Captain Save a Hoe...you can't save a person from them self no matter how badly you may want to.
[/QUOTE]
Captain save a Bro
 
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