"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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Did your father's give you advice on women growing up?

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My father never really told me anything about women. Did anybody here have father's that helped them with women? If so, was the advice that he gave you good or was it AFC?
 

"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.

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My dad told me to treat girls like my buddies, like they are no one special. But I alway ended up getting all infatuated after i met a girl and made all the typical AFC mistakes. Not anymore though!
 

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exact words was, "always treat women with respect. be nice to them and befriend them. before you know it they'll be wanting you. loving you"

PFFT!!..
 

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No advice. No nothing. Maybe just treat girls with respect, etc.

And also I got was "girls are trouble - dont worry about them until you are 30"

hahaha
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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all afc advise nothing at all usefull, it often helps doin the opposite of wat he says.:confused:
 

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No advice at all

I think that learning on my own has being the best way to learn about women. If I ever have a son thi is what i would tell him:

Live and Learn but incase all you do is live and not learn the only thing i want you to learn is to not judge a book only by its cover!
 

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Re: No advice at all

Originally posted by tiburon
I think that learning on my own has being the best way to learn about women. If I ever have a son thi is what i would tell him:

Live and Learn but incase all you do is live and not learn the only thing i want you to learn is to not judge a book only by its cover!
Ah... Golden advice.
 

"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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Never. But my karate sensei did tell me never to stick with only one woman. Pointlessly, I think he used to be a military general or something (or a high ranking officer).

My parents hide their sexuality so well that I honestly believe they were the first partners (sexual or otherwise) each of them had. Bizarre...
 

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Nope, I didn't grow up with my pops, I gained my "playa" abilities by hangin around older cousins, friends from school, friends from work who was all in the game. yup we had Good Times man Good times.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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how to be a ****block. My dad told me to not get involved with a girl until after college:rolleyes:. I thought that was what college was for:D plus that whole learning thing and alot of other AFC advice. i think that it had to do with his past that I won't get into.

Thank god for this site because I would still be listening to it:(. Probably would have been a thirty year old virgin who has never gotten kissed:eek:.
 

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My dad was from the 'old country'. His only advice about women I've heard is (won't sound as good translated to English, but):

Women have holes in their heads and in their legs.

Don't f*ck a crazy women; and don't bring a crazy woman home.
 
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