"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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Chick Approaches Me, But Then Gets Mad At Me!

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I was out with a couple of friends. There were a group of party girls in tow right behind us. My buddy opens the girl behind us--

"can I have that food?" (girl has doggy bag)

she says "sure! I didn't put anything it in or anything, you can trust us."

then she says to my friend: "do you want it?" he's like no thanks.

pause, then she says to me: "Do YOU want it?" I almost felt like there was a slight sexual double entendre, along with the emphasis.

I start to game her: "Oh, no thank you." "I know you won't take that the wrong way, I can tell you have very high self esteem."

She's like: "how do YOU know I have high self esteem?"

At this point, I can't tell if she's a hothead, or if she's flirting back, so I let it go.

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The takeway is, she must think I'm a cool/hot guy since she did open me/start a conversation with me.

Yet, I gave up because she was feisty and fought back with some of my cold reads.

What was going on with this chick?
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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don't overanalyze small things like that...... just go with the flow
 

horaholic

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She didnt open you. Your friend opened her. If she came up to you out of the blue, and offered you her doggybag; THAT would be an open. She just included you.

Secondly, her statement sounds nothing more to me than her calling you out for making assumptions about her. It doesnt mean she's flirting, or mad, or hotheaded. It just means she's smarter than your canned line. Some chicks have personalities, you know. Every girl I know would have said the same thing.

If some chick i just met made some assumption about me, I would call her out on it too, whether i was attracted or not.

What did you say to her after that, anyway? Maybe she was testing to see if you had more wit than a line. You just gave up cuz she some wit of her own? You failed. She was keeping you in the conversation by fvcking with you. Why didnt you just fvck with her back? Thats probably what she wanted. Its called a CHALLENGE. Chicks like guys that can throw it back at them. I dont understand your philosophy on this interaction at all.

Im not saying she wasnt flirting, but not because of the reasons you think she was.

Why would you tell her she looks like she has high self esteem, anyway? Thats a really weird thing to say.
 
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