JayUK
Don Juan
go wit ure instinct man
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.
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.
wow the part about the flaming him you are ignorant and obviously not reading what we wrote. Sure some people are making jokes, but look at my thread, and you tell me it does not make complete and total sense, and like my post says I was in the same situation so I have some experience with it.Originally posted by kegger
Go for it dude. I am in a similar boat to you. I am 16 and going out with a 13 year old. Not many people know yet but it seems to be going well so far and my friends think nothing of it. It seems to becoming more popular as time goes on. I would not try anything for now becuase it is generaly statutory rape until she is 16, atleast that is how it is were I live. I am still having some problems since this is really the first girlfriend I have had and I fill nervous and all, I am working on over coming that, but it is all great. GO FOR IT DUDE IF YOU LIKE HER. I would not think anything about what these JERKS are saying, they just like to FLAME people.
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.
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.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
Yeah I thought so too. Some 14 year olds are very much physically matured, but I definately wasn't ready for sex at 14 (emotionally).Originally posted by Soupar
Some of you guys dont find this disturbing?
Theres a HUGE maturity difference between a 17 year old and a 14 year old, even if it is just three years.