Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
Thanks for approaching it like a man!My Name is Nobody said:...
But I am going to NOT call..
NOT text...
NOT chat...
And NOT blow it like all the other guys and she is going to wonder what the hell I am doing.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
Thanks for approaching it like a man!My Name is Nobody said:...
But I am going to NOT call..
NOT text...
NOT chat...
And NOT blow it like all the other guys and she is going to wonder what the hell I am doing.
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.
That's your spin on it. But if "retreat" is how you see it, even the best Generals know when to retreat. That doesn't make them less masculine, it means they know when to use that strategy.Ugnh... You guys are acting like a bunch of girls... You're planning for the worse by retreating, very masculine.
Obviously, I'm not talking about gaming all the girlfriends. The first date is not to entertain girlfriends.His wise father answers "No son, lets walk down there and fvck all of them."
No. Thanks for asking.Do women flake on you often?
Let's see, the friends like you there's a better chance of the girl liking you for multiple reasons. Plus what better way to have a bunch of women focused on you at one time not to mention it widens your selection pool. And that would be a bad thing because????Mr. Me said:..Obviously, I'm not talking about gaming all the girlfriends. The first date is not to entertain girlfriends.
Ahh, so that's how walking away works for you. You flake on her before she gets to flake on you!Mr. Me said:..
No. Thanks for asking.
I'm going to hold my tongue because what works goes against what most most guys believes to be what's right.My Name is Nobody said:Hey guys,
Just got back from the coffee thing. It wasn't bad she is cool and we'll go out again I can tell.
Still thinking about the girl from last night though.
Should I contact her at all today? She called me when she got home last night and let me know she got there and I slipped and said we should get together today and she said "that would be nice".
The AFC in me would love to call her and get together again but that's a mistake right?
Do you usually call girls the day after sex or what? I always used too but now I don't know. Maybe I should just send a text.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
Oh please don't...My Name is Nobody said:LOL, that's a possibility I'd like to make it a little less crude and more funny and clever though.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
Francisco d'Anconia said:Oh please don't...
reset said:But if you send something won't she think you're clingy anyway? Can't you wait a few days?
It would be more fun for me personally if she sent me a text instead.
Of course I'm out of the game for the time being. Don't take my advice.
'Ya think?!!My Name is Nobody said:...I CANNOT blow this, I will beat myself up forever if I do.
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.
Actually that makes ALOT of good sense and I am now leaning on not contacting her.reset said:Well if she's crazy about you then forget to call her, and then call her a few days later acting like you forgot what you said last night. She'll think you were drunk when you said it and therefore not as needy as she may have perceived when you said you wanted to see her next day, it was the booze talking.
She'll wonder what happened in the mean time and wonder if she's really that special to you afterall and she'll go nuts trying to earn your affection.
But again, I'm just posting for the hell of it. Don't do what I say.
I don't have to stay in situations I don't want: I make a date, it's with me and her, not me and her showing up with her little brother, her kids or her girlfriends or whatever. If I stay, that's an implicit agreement that I'm willing to accept her changed terms and conditions to the date. That's not being a flake. Agreeing to the changes for the sake of keeping the date on is what AFCs do. I say, DJs walk when a woman changes the plans like that.Ahh, so that's how walking away works for you. You flake on her before she gets to flake on you!
That's your problem right there.Well I feel I need to do something
You've taken this approach before? Tell me an instance not calling for 4 days after sex worked. Anyone tell me some stories. I have NEVER waited that long to call a girl that I like after sex. I have always called the next day. And it has led to LTR's and that's what I was seeking at the time.Mr. Me said:That's your problem right there.
You "Feel" like you need to do something. The truth is, you don't need to do anything.
Right now, just like you're dwelling on it, she's probably dwelling on it. She's thinking how great it was to meet a guy like you. How hot the sex was. She's wondering if you're going to call again. She's wondering when you'll call. She's wondering if you're thinking about her. She's wondering why you haven't called, she's wondering if she's done something wrong? She's wondering if maybe she said something wrong or if she should've instead done this or done that and...
And that's just what you want, her mind on you. Let it stew awhile. Let her savor it and the anticipation. This is how women's minds work. Mark this on your calendar: "Call her Thursday."
I agree with this. Women love to sit around and ponder and wonder and analyze every little thing you do or didn't do or why you did or didn't do it... it's drama but in this sense the drama actually works in your favor. They live for that stuff. And just the fact that you may actually feel a little needy, but aren't reacting to that neediness, it really doesn't matter---because she'll already have had all that time to build up in her mind that you're a confident guy and there's more to your life than her, otherwise why aren't you calling? What are you doing? Who are you with? Are you thinking of her?Mr. Me said:And that's just what you want, her mind on you. Let it stew awhile. Let her savor it and the anticipation. This is how women's minds work. Mark this on your calendar: "Call her Thursday."
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.