DonGorgon
Master Don Juan
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JUst be glad she aint pregnant...
She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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.
lol u azzholeDonGorgon said:JUst be glad she aint pregnant...
lol sorry bro but you sound like unexperienced arrogant . I might be wrong .Birdem said:I got a few words to make you feel better man the f uck up. You gotta be the biggest p ussy I ever met my whole life. I can't be wrong either if she left you. Someone leaves you they should be the last thing on your mind or at all. It seems like you have no life if your mind is revolves around her. If I were you I would focus on other things in my life right now.
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.
Haha. I guess it depends on the season.brett012 said:^that depends if you are miserable
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.
Lol i hope your kidding .Juan_Man said:I have not had a girlfriend in almost ten years. If that doesn't make you feel any beter, then I don't know what will.
Dead serious. I've been on dates but nothing ever materialized into a serious relationship. Plus, I took lengthy breaks to try to "find myself" when I should have just kept searching. It's okay to take a break from women but you don't want to go overboard. If the OP doesn't get over his ex, then he just might find himself in the same boat.Daddy The Pimp said:Lol i hope your kidding .
That wasn't some homie, that was the poster in the school office, when I'd get sent to the Principal for causing trouble.sexy_kuta said:like that homie once said, "if you love something let it go, if it comes back its yours, if it doesnt, it never was"
time heals all wounds. move on. loose yourself in some other girls. don't dwell.SmoothTalker said:I just got dumped by a girlfriend of almost 3 years, over facebook.
We had our problems but still, I loved her guys. This is my first breakup and I'm feeling like total ****.
Any wise words to help lift this feeling?
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.