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.
Burroughs said:
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.
It's not like they stole public funds from our taxes. These morons who bought into this have done so willingly. If they lose their money, too bad, shouldn't have bought Facebook.synergy1 said:
I am certainly no fan of the self righteousness of the modern institutional investor (privatize gain socialize losses etc) but there is some significant fraud at work here.Alle_Gory said:
banks rule the world...they steal millions from the public using unbacked fiat currency and do it with a smile...because we are effectively their servantsPoonani Maker said:
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.
Whats a myspace?n00bPimp said:
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.
I believe Zuck is on his honeymoon and the companies CFO should suffice until he returns.Burroughs said:
facebook is a ponzi scheme and it gets clearer by the day..or call it a pump and dump if you likeSocial_Leper said:
If it's an initial offering, there are no previous owners of the shares.Social_Leper said:
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.
It's this statement with which I am still disagreeing. Those "previous shareholders" still own a lot of the FB shares, because the number of shares increased exponentially when they did the IPO. They don't get to dump everything on the public and run away...just a lot of it. The issuing brokers also still have a ton of shares in inventory, as well as placed with thousands of their clients. It's not good for anybody that the share price keeps plummeting.Social_Leper said:
Not sure if you understand what a ponzi scheme is.Bible_Belt 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.