"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.
Dems in Illinois introduce a bill to confiscate guns.....
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"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.
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
It's already Federal law that you have to give up your guns when you have an order of protection issued against you. Those orders are typically rubber-stamped, with minimal opportunity to contest them.
logicallefty
Moderator
Exactly right. In Illinois anyway, and probably other places, an "emergency order of protection hearing" is one of the few legal hearings where it only takes a petitioner (generally the woman) and a Judge to run the hearing. The Judge rules without the accused\respondent (male) present. If the OP is granted the respondent doesn't typically know the hearing is even going until the Sheriff's Office shows up, hands him the papers, and collects his guns. And even when the OP is dropped, getting the guns back isn't always a slam dunk.
It even gets worse than this. If you are living with a women, when she petitions the court, she gets to decide what personal items the respondent\male can have. So she can write on there "he gets the pink tooth brush and purple yoga pants".. So when the guy comes with the Deputy to take his stuff and tires to take the blue toothbrush and black pair of shorts, the Deputy can say "nope it says pink toothbrush and purple yoga pants, you cant take the blue toothbrush and black shorts".. Its really nasty stuff guys. I've been through it.. Was kicked out of my own home with only a list of things that SHE wanted me to have, which was a list of cloths she knew I never wore. I didnt get to take any of my cloths that I regularly wore.
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TheVirtualMind
Master Don Juan
The first part also applies to Maryland. Not so much on the second part, as there is a bit more leeway as far as "personal" items go. Want to take the blue toothbrush and black shorts? Cool. Want the 60" plasma flat screen with the PS4 and 20 games? Hold on a minute.
backseatjuan
Banned
So what can you do about it? Prenuptial agreement? Not getting married? I mean why not, a lot of people in Russia living in so called civil marriages, you just don't sign a paper, that's all, other than that it's the same thing. Signing don't give you happiness, or guarantees, why do it?
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
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.
logicallefty
Moderator
Making prostitution legal would fix it in the USA; at least for smart men.
ImTheDoubleGreatest!
Master Don Juan
I'm pretty sure that no one took the gun ban in Chicago seriously. I know the cops definitely didn't give a crap, that's for sure. CPD just has the mentality now to let everyone who wants to be a criminal kill each other. They'll only protect the downtown area really.