Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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Comments on this situation -- ran into the old (still) oneitis

EternalStudent

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Hey, DJ's.

Ran into my still-sort-of oneitis the other night -- I am getting better. I make it a point to keep myself busy and not let my mind wander onto thoughts of her. I am working on meeting new quality women every single day. I still have a fierce thing for my oneitis but it is getting under better control. I will break myself of this.

Anyway, we travel in the same circle somewhat -- lots of mutual friends. I have not seen her in about a month but ran into her last night.

She came running up to me and I smiled and shook my head. She said, "You don't call me anymore, I haven't seen you in forever."

The last time we were supposed to do something together, she canceled and left a message saying that she owes me. I called a few days later to make plans, left her voicemail, and she never called back. I figure that was a NEXT/move on/don't look back point I wound up at. I had not seen her nor spoken with her since she canceled.

I just smiled and said, "I know. Ain't that something?" I made very brief chatter with her (how you doing, what's good) and then excused myself to go about my business and be with my friends. She seemed a bit -- I wouldn't say offended or put off... I guess huffy is the best term.


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"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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Jay Jay

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Yeah I got a comment.

She wont want to relinquish her hold on you.

She'll probably try (really hard) to drag you back in.

And the moment you let you defences down she'll crush your heart again.

Not coz she's evil.

Its just what they do.

JJ
 

penkitten

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this is one of those things that you just have to shrug off, and say "last time i checked the phone works both ways haha".
 

Max Power

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The biotch cancelled on you, said she owed you and then didn't return your follow up call. She has no right to get huffy and you don't deserve this bull****.
 
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