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.
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.
I would say." Honey, Im glad you rasied this issue. However I think that we still have enough for a good friendship without sex. Would you be OK if i had other sexual partners?"SamMalone said:Is this acceptable? She's still doing me, so I guess it shouldn't be a big deal, but I don't know if these are just jokes or what. And no I am not secure in that area.
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
It depends man. In what context is she saying this? If she is doing this to tease you, she might just be actually teasing you. In that case, just tease her back. If you feel that she's saying it to be spiteful or because she actually believes that, you need to have the boundary talk. In any case, it should be her you should be telling this too not us. Be honest to her about how you think it's not cool that she does that.SamMalone said:Is this acceptable? She's still doing me, so I guess it shouldn't be a big deal, but I don't know if these are just jokes or what. And no I am not secure in that area.
I'm sorry. Obviously you've never had good sexTrader said:In the end - it's always about her.
Even during the pleasurable act of sex - the man must *serve* the girl, and the girl always expects to be *served.*
Sex is so overrated.
There are lots of reasons women do this and it's quite common since it's usually an extremely weak spot in men. She can have multiple reasons wrapped all in one. It doesn't really matter.SamMalone said:Is this acceptable? She's still doing me, so I guess it shouldn't be a big deal, but I don't know if these are just jokes or what. And no I am not secure in that area.
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.
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.