"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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Cold Approaching fails badly in my society, so how do I go about meeting girls?

Konada

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Ok so basically I have a problem meeting new people and expandin my social circle. How do I go about it? I'm asking this because I see that my society is basically fvcked up and striking up a conversation with a stranger is deemed to be 'weird' and more often than not I get blown off or bert stared, by dudes as well. So any suggestions?
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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dude shot happens. Unless your society will kill you or beat your a$$ for cold approaches continue doing them. Failure and the feeling of humiliation is no biggie. The people that stare and laugh are the ones that have no clue about self improvement. You're a man and men are supposed to talk to women.

Personally i don't like sh1tting where i eat so i don't like to talk to people connected directly with my social circle as it would be a lot of drama.
 

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Where do you live? I've done a few cold approaches to no success, but the girls were usually super b1tchy anyways. But you have to understand that girls may not be like that all the time. They could be having a bad day, bad week, whatever..

Like Danzy says, be genuine and friendly.. Just keep doing it. It's better to keep going than to stop and be bitter.
 

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Worthless unless OP tells us about his "society." OP is 18 too, which makes things a little different. Women are more used to older guys hitting on them; a teenager walking up to random women and striking up a conversation would be weird in my "society" as well. They might think he wants them to sponsor him on a high-school jog-a-thon.
 

"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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Zarky, I sense a tinge of sarcasm. Correct me if I'm wrong. So if its weird for a dude that looks younger than he really is to approach older women, how do i go about expanding my social circle to include women more of my age?

Alex, I live in Singapore. Alot of people say the night life is vibrant but this is only so in some places. I've been getting lots of negative responses from people when I'm doing DJ bootcamp week 2, even dudes. They either stare, look down or coninue facebooking on their goddamn phone. It's really frustrating sometimes to the point I want to give up.
 

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You buy pheromones and spray them on. Sometimes, there just isn't any rational solution.
 

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I think it depends on where you live, and how you view yourself, and how confidently i.e. leisurely and without Stress (ala Marlon Brando) you speak to a woman (cashier, shopper, etc etc) anywhere you go. Being leisurely is the first step to her thinking, "I'd fvck this guy in a bathroom stall, the sooner the better." Women intuitively know the score, when you ooze being a winner. They can't help but to seek You out and talk to you, and stare at you after you've made your acquaintance.
 

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Konada said:
So if its weird for a dude that looks younger than he really is to approach older women, how do i go about expanding my social circle to include women more of my age?
How about talking to women your age? It's really not hard. If people aren't receptive to you consistently, you're doing something wrong
 

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Konada said:
Alex, I live in Singapore. Alot of people say the night life is vibrant but this is only so in some places. I've been getting lots of negative responses from people when I'm doing DJ bootcamp week 2, even dudes. They either stare, look down or coninue facebooking on their goddamn phone. It's really frustrating sometimes to the point I want to give up.
I live in Indonesia and strangers see you as weird or act awkwardly too if you smile at them without any reason. Maybe it's a south east asian thing?
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

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.

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Fela Kuti said:
I live in Indonesia and strangers see you as weird or act awkwardly too if you smile at them without any reason. Maybe it's a south east asian thing?
Well, this is the first major debunk I've heard of the "grass is greener" on the other side, and I thought North American culture was "cold". This is good information for people who think travelling to third world countries means everyone is nicer. Singapore and Indonesia, SEA countries...wow.
 

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your content might not be bad. its the presentation is what comes to mind.
 
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