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.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Lots of those gals don't look horrid by any means, even if their beauty is 1/8th of a shadow of it's 19-20 year old self. Most of them could easily snag men in their 7th-9th decades of life. This isn't even a uniquely female problem:
You can have my age matches that I'm not interested in...I'm not interested in women that age, no way - and I'm in that age bracket myself.
I'd rather not bother and be on my own if that's all I could get. At least then you've got your peace, you can get your sh!te together, and do your own thing. If ever the juice isn't worth the squeeze, it's with women that old.
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Fine for recreational use but again I wouldn't want to be buying into anything permanent with a woman of that age. It's just not worth it.You can have my age matches that I'm not interested in...
You can have my 40 somethings...Fine for recreational use but again I wouldn't want to be buying into anything permanent with a woman of that age. It's just not worth it.
It's whenever a woman is old enough so that men no longer have the desire to pursue them with any level of zeal. Age 40 is a good round number for harridanhood.At what age does Harridan territory begin?
There is just nothing evolutionarily positive about getting with a woman that has aged out of her reproductive years. That said, I could see myself being single father and being OK with an older woman, even a single mommy - but not as a childless bachelor, no no.I'm not interested in women that age, no way - and I'm in that age bracket myself.
I'd rather not bother and be on my own if that's all I could get. At least then you've got your peace, you can get your sh!te together, and do your own thing. If ever the juice isn't worth the squeeze, it's with women that old.