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 
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.
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?