"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

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.

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Girlfriend giving TOO much atention!

Trance

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I look at my relation, and my girl is giving me too much atention, it even gets boring.
I mean like, she sends me like 200 sms's by week, and wants to chat long by sms, she will do everything i ask her to do, if i want to go this place she will, if i want sex this moment she will want too, all she's focused on is to please me.
She completly quit the drama ****, and i like it, but she is being too nice right now. A couple months ago she would tag along drinking a few beers with me, and now she doesnt drink not even one, and its not fun. Also going out with her at saturday night, she has to be home at 3:30 am so i cant make big plans cause we cant go clubing, and if i setup something with my friends, she will be too much focused in me instead of socializing.

I really like her a lot, but what you guys sugest as a way to handle this kind of atention?
 

"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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ignore her text messages and call her a cab from the club
 

Trance

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lol in portugal ppl start to enter the clubs at 2 am, and the prime hour its between 3 and 5:30 am, so there's no point in going to a club from 2 to 3.
 

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so leave her at home
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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i like her a lot.

i dunno what about, but seems like every LTR i have, at some point i get bored. Then i break up, and latter i miss the girl.
 

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If she doesnt want to drink or stay up late, then let her be. If you cant respect your girl, then you should go find someone else more suitable for you.
 

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finally I find a portuguese guy in this forum :) Trance in what city do you live?
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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