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.
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.
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.
Zarky is a gutless piece of sh!tZarky said:umm... off topic much?
Or, he could have purchased a firearm illegally any day of the week just like any other Joe Blow bad guy.Bible_Belt said:They're saying today it was two 6-quart pressure cookers with BBs as shrapnel. Now they are going to make pressure cookers like sudafed where you have to give your driver's license to buy one. The whole thing sounds like lone wolf nut case. If you want to talk irony, it could have been someone who was not able to purchase a firearm due to gun control laws, so he made bombs instead.
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.
Guns have nothing to do with bombs. Lets not even go there. Two very different weapons. Also, one must consider how rare bomb attacks are.5string said:We should do background checks on all folks who own, buy or make bombs.
Yep, they are different for sure.Jaylan said:Guns have nothing to do with bombs. Lets not even go there. Two very different weapons. Also, one must consider how rare bomb attacks are.
Here here!Danger said:My own mirrored perspective on the "gun control" efforts.
http://www.freemansperspective.com/death-by-government/
One of the best quotes....
And of course, as the writer points out, Governments are for more dangerous with weapons than citizens are.
Having said that, can the anti-white racism get any worse?
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/16/lets_hope_the_boston_marathon_bomber_is_a_white_american/
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.
Disturbing links.Danger said:My own mirrored perspective on the "gun control" efforts.
http://www.freemansperspective.com/death-by-government/
One of the best quotes....
And of course, as the writer points out, Governments are for more dangerous with weapons than citizens are.
Having said that, can the anti-white racism get any worse?
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/16/lets_hope_the_boston_marathon_bomber_is_a_white_american/