"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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Apartment Overhaul: Building the ultimate'pad'.

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lol cute

tell me what happens to plants during nighttime?
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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They do produce some CO2 at night. The 02 to CO2 photosynthesis reaction requires light, so the reaction stops at nighttime. Plants put off some CO2 at night, but I don't think it's enough to hurt people.
 

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Originally posted by Bible_Belt
They do produce some CO2 at night. The 02 to CO2 photosynthesis reaction requires light, so the reaction stops at nighttime. Plants put off some CO2 at night, but I don't think it's enough to hurt people.
Show me proof.

It sounds like your logic is so far equivalent to "a car emits exhaust, so it must also emit exhaust when it's off"
 

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Proof found, looks like its from Arizona State University:

Vegetation: Cause and Effect

Vegetation is one of the trickiest pieces of the CO2 puzzle. It affects the CO2 dome but is affected by it as well. At night, plants contribute CO2 to the atmosphere through a process called transpiration. But during the day, plants take in CO2 for photosynthesis.

Source:
http://researchmag.asu.edu/articles/co2.html
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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The CO2 is formed by respiration. Plants do not 'switch off' at night, they merely close the tiny holes in their leaves (through which CO2 would move into the plant during the day), so as not to lose water.

I have plenty of plants in my bedroom and I'm not dead, yet.
 

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I got my sister this fountain thing.. The bowl is in the shape of a flower thing kind of, it lights up blue, and it makes fog that overflows off the sides and disappears. It was about 70 bucks, but its pretty sweet.
 

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Im going for the stripped down place. Very little in there, very little to tend to.

I still manage to make a ****ing mess at times.
 

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Can't believe there are still people like DrMentalcase.

Anyway i'm moving out, i need a place where i can stand at the center of the room, unzip, take a piss and the urine doesn't hit the walls lol
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

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.

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Originally posted by DrMetallica
Show me proof.

It sounds like your logic is so far equivalent to "a car emits exhaust, so it must also emit exhaust when it's off"
are you totally ignorant of biology?
do you not braethe at night?
plants are living cells and need NEED O2 to survive.
 

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Amazing how every thread turns into a mini chick fight.
 

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Originally posted by SELF-MASTERY
Amazing how every thread turns into a mini chick fight.
amazing how all you do is up the post count.
its just a numbers game !
 
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