Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
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.
Agreed. He even did a better job singing Where the Streets Have No Name than Bono himself (at least present day Bono)cordoncordon said:Huge U2 fan, but I would say Matthew Bellamy from Muse has a better singing voice.
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.
Wow. Great job.CRDJit said:Agreed. He even did a better job singing Where the Streets Have No Name than Bono himself (at least present day Bono)
he is soo cooool, met him a couple of time, i had a AAAA at his 360 tour paris concertmahon83050 said:I certainly think so, although Mike Patton from Faith No More was great (but Faith No More was not really rock, they were grunge).
Anyone agree or disagree?
Certainly you can spare a couple of your millions to buy this guy as an addition to your...harem?cordoncordon said:Wow. Great job.
KarmaSutra said:Certainly you can spare a couple of your millions to buy this guy as an addition to your...harem?
You do brag incessantly about how rich you are and what a "man" you are?
Where's my $1000 check? You did wager it.
Like every other bang-his-chest douche, you'll disengage and run away to find someone with no sense to hopefully give you more green dots.
stop being jealous, It makes your face look like a beauty pageant candidate that arrived in second position.KarmaSutra said:Certainly you can spare a couple of your millions to buy this guy as an addition to your...harem?
You do brag incessantly about how rich you are and what a "man" you are?
Where's my $1000 check? You did wager it.
Like every other bang-his-chest douche, you'll disengage and run away to find someone with no sense to hopefully give you more green dots.
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.
They are definiately comparable. I love U2, I think Bono could be considered "one of the best" singers in Rock history in terms of range and ability.Rubirosa said:These guys blow the doors off Bono IMO
Steven Tyler
Axl Rose
Freddie Mercury
Ian Gillian (Deep Purple)
Klaus Meine (Scorpions)
Look again Brother.Marvin Gaye said:Shame no one has mentioned Robert Plant yet!!