Well, looks like Clooney's no longer with the Italian broad. I was worried about him for awhile but now I see I had nothing to stress over. Of course his situation is different than any guy's here, one still can learn good behaviors from celebs 
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.
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.
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.
You should still be doing that, especially if you want your marriage to be successful.L B said:I am following his footsteps if my first marriage ever fails. Just make money, stay healthy, and look good. The ladies will keep coming.
All four of those Apocalyptic horse-drawn man cows have bashed Clooney for not succumbing to their societal expectations.Wilko said:Let me guess, The View clique is already running him down e.g. Who does he think he is? Why doesn't he get married? He must be gay. There must be something wrong with him.
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.
erm, no. At least not in the US. I'm not aware of one US state that enforces "palimony." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PalimonyJitterbug said:Isn't it in the law in many Anglosphere countries now that 2 years of dating equal defacto relationship, which means the woman is entitled to your sh1t?