Well, then why so much bitterness, is what I wonder.Yep, that's it. Move along little dude. Stay in your lane.
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
Well, then why so much bitterness, is what I wonder.Yep, that's it. Move along little dude. Stay in your lane.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
This does NOT look like a person with mental issues AT ALL:And what led you to that conclusion?
Are you being serious or sarcastic? In text, it's unclear to me.This does NOT look like a person with mental issues AT ALL:
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That's part of your problem.Are you being serious or sarcastic? In text, it's unclear to me.
If you're going to have a bad attitude about it, I take it was sarcasm then.That's part of your problem.
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.
I was going back to her upbringing and her thought process of life. Not like Psycho; but that cannot be ruled out these days.That wikipedia page says she has Tourettes, synesthesia, depression, and vegetarianism (lol). I've heard her talk about all that except the depression. I'm a little skeptical, she's a wealthy young California kid who jas probably had her own therapists and analysts since age six.
First off, what teenager doesn't suffer from depression at times?
Tourette's, it's possible she might have it, but then again it could be an excuse for when she makes a weird face in public (like when she took flak at the Oscars for making a face during Maya Rudolph and Kristin Wigg's act).
Synesthesia is interesting, but it sounds like it might be something they would make up and put out there because it makes her sound cool and gifted. "I see music as colors, doesn't everyone?".
I guess all that could relate to your "nuts in the head" comment.
No bitterness. I take everything in stride. We're cool dude.Well, then why so much bitterness, is what I wonder.
She's an adult celebrity.. It's all fair game.Yeah, let's all band together in berating a man's daughter who's barely even out of adolescence and attack her character in his presence, even though none of you have actually even met her in person.
Such honorable, mature men.
Are you all failed musicians who Envy her massive success at such a tender age, when you've made nothing of yourselves with twice the time?
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.
Well, to be fair, of course she dresses weird, she's a pop star. Have you seen Lady Gaga?This does NOT look like a person with mental issues AT ALL:
How many of the aforesaid can be considered mentally sane by conventional standards? They are all a bunch of weirdos and freaks and the fact that they are popular musicians doesn’t change that.Well, to be fair, of course she dresses weird, she's a pop star. Have you seen Lady Gaga?
Even in my day, the musicians dressed to look apart. Long hair, hippie attire, KISS, Elton John. Gwar, Buckethead, Slipknot.
So you're saying celebrities aren't worthy of being granted the same level of respect as you'd have others give an obscure guy like you? Sounds a little irrationally entitled, doesn't it?She's an adult celebrity.. It's all fair game.
Don't fools deride that which they are too ignorant to understand?How many of the aforesaid can be considered mentally sane by conventional standards? They are all a bunch of weirdos and freaks and the fact that they are popular musicians doesn’t change that.
Nope. They selected to put their lives out in the public arena, that means there are no boundries; aside from illegal ones. Why are your panties in a bunch? Is it that time of the month?So you're saying celebrities aren't worthy of being granted the same level of respect as you'd have others give an obscure guy like you? Sounds a little irrationally entitled, doesn't it?
Only Conceited and thus Insecure men resort to flimsy attempts to emasculate other men just for disagreeing with them. Were you the schoolyard bully too?Nope. They selected to put their lives out in the public arena, that means there are no boundries; aside from illegal ones. Why are your panties in a bunch? Is it that time of the month?
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
Okay cupcake. Whatever you say. Again, you are not even on my level. I'll let the other ones here entertain your childish antics moving forward. Be well lil dude.Only Conceited and thus Insecure men resort to flimsy attempts to emasculate other men just for disagreeing with them. Were you the schoolyard bully too?
But the point is: I take it you don't have a daughter, and if you do, it's clear she's neither beautiful nor talented.
And just what level is that? Am I to endure yet even more of your expressions of self-love and your false perception that you're superior to other men -- or are you to disappear because you're too proud to confront your follies?Okay cupcake. Whatever you say. Again, you are not even on my level. I'll let the other ones here entertain your childish antics moving forward. Be well lil dude.
What I was trying to get at is:How many of the aforesaid can be considered mentally sane by conventional standards? They are all a bunch of weirdos and freaks and the fact that they are popular musicians doesn’t change that.