"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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Best albums of 2006

"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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Look who crawled from the attic.

My vote goes to the Game's New CD - Doctor's Advocate.
Along with Jay-z Kingdom come

You and your Asians... I don't know anything but the Strokes on that list.
Whatever happened to you man, you used to be pretty cool, I still rememember that "Accidental slip in while foreplay" technique ;)
 

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Oxide said:
Look who crawled from the attic.

Whatever happened to you man, you used to be pretty cool, I still rememember that "Accidental slip in while foreplay" technique ;)
I'm still pretty cool. I'm just older. I joined this forum when I was 18. I turn 25 next month. I'm dealing with too many things in life these days to contend with the DJ forums. Stop by every now and then, was planning on writing a really comprehensive essay on the things I've learned over the last several years.
 

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Shout out louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Destroyer - Rubies
His Name Is Alive - Detrola
Islands- Return to the sea
Morrissey - Ringlinder of the Tormentors
The Zutons - Tired of hanging around

In no particular order
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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REd-xL said:
I'm still pretty cool. I'm just older. I joined this forum when I was 18. I turn 25 next month. I'm dealing with too many things in life these days to contend with the DJ forums. Stop by every now and then, was planning on writing a really comprehensive essay on the things I've learned over the last several years.
Dude I would LOVE to read that, seriously, I think you have a lot of practical advice, so yeah get on that!
 

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"When your heart stops beating"- +44
 

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Tool - 10,000 days

Nas - Hip Hop is Dead

Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
 

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Cheap Sex - Written in Blood

That new paris hilton one was pretty damn good too.

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"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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Oxide said:
Look who crawled from the attic.

My vote goes to the Game's New CD - Doctor's Advocate.
Along with Jay-z Kingdom come

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The new game cd is wack as a motherf.ucker. I listened to every song, and I'd be just fine if I never heard a single one of them ever again. Same with the new Lloyd Banks. Hunger for More was badass, then he comes out with the Rotten Apple horses.hit! Boring beats, no catchy lyrics on both of those cds.
 

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Razorlight-Razorlight
Muse-Black Holes and Revelations
Zutons-Tired of Hanging Around
The Feeling-12 Stops and Home
OSB-Transitions
Embrace-This New Day
Delays-You See Colours
Kasabian-Empire
Thom Yorke-Eraser
 

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I've only heard of one of those bands in that top 50 list. I don't think I've listened to 50 albums this year. Where do you find that time? Impressive list, you must be in the business?
 

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Ricky said:
I've only heard of one of those bands in that top 50 list. I don't think I've listened to 50 albums this year. Where do you find that time? Impressive list, you must be in the business?
My life revolves around music, just not professionally. I write articles and reviews for some zines, keep an mp3 blog, and make a little (****ty) music of my own on the side. I eat, sleep, and breathe music. I kept count, and I've listened to over 1200 albums this year alone. It's easy enough to do when 90% of it only gets one spin because I end up disliking most of what I hear. But coming across that 10% is what keeps me going...at the gym, in the car, falling asleep, etc.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

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.

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Tool 10,000 Days.....by a landslide
 
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