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.
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.
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
That's pretty expensive . . . I can get a box of 6 for like $40. But back to the point of the thread, sounds like you guys had a great time, minus the flick in the eye . . . Just shows you that ANYTHING can happen in the field!Originally posted by The_Shezzler
Thanks man - yea not only have me and wize developed the WINGMAN PISS TAKING ROUTINE, but ive devised a couple more including:
~Action Men
~Werewolf Hunter
If you wanna try them out you can PM me...
Well mine are Corrective Lenses, they arent for show - thats why i was so pissed off because its gonna cost me like £30 to replace it.
Basically you just get the Lens on your finger, and place it onto your eyeball.
Simpl
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
:crackup: :crackup:Originally posted by The_Shezzler
FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMEBER 2005
i also negged her on her top (saying that she looked kinda like a pirate lol)