Maximus Rex
Banned
Nuff 'said.
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.
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.
Being that I'm incredibly lazy, it's not a hassle at all. In this case, I did a Google search for "Welcome to the 21st Century," and that Willie Wonka meme came up. I copied the link, then posted it on here.How much time do you spend scouring the internet for all those pictures and saving them to your computer? Seems like a hassle.
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.
Go to the top. It says forums = your name etc. Hit the =. A box drops down. Click members. Viola! Members from most posts to least in order.Haven't looked at all the features yet, seems kind of facebooky. Think they should still have the posters # of posts up, and some kind of rating system, other than "likes" or whatever.
Maybe it'll just take some time to get used to. First glance though - not a fan.
Okay, I see.....Go to the top. It says forums = your name etc. Hit the =. A box drops down. Click members. Viola! Members from most posts to least in order.
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.