"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.
Chicks and dogs
- Thread starter Jakes21
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"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.
CrazyandLazy
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"I just moved here from Florida."
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.
a simple path
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Don't get me wrong, I love animals, I have no problem with pets...but one thing we have to remember: they are freakin' animals. They are not people.
So what you're speaking of is right on...is this a modern phenomena? The way girls they treat their stinking dogs and cats like people? And it's slowly seeped out from womanhood into society as a whole now.
I grew up in a home where we always had dogs but my dad said NO ANIMALS IN THE HOUSE, simple as that. And I grew up that way.
I blame Disney and all their talking animal garbage.
Negative_Nancy
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most of my female friends hate animals
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
Its the mild form of the crazy old woman with the 100 cats syndrome.Jakes21 said:
Why they like dogs? because a dog will follow their commands and give them attention all day long. Sort of like what "AFC male friends orbitors" do which in a way also makes them their pets.
penkitten
Master Don Juan
"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.
I actually like cats better than dogs, but I dunno if having a at will help you with women any.