Moneytalks
Don Juan
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Well, true or false?
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 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.
Yet very few women can handle being with a soldier.chinwaggler said:I'm pretty sure most girls, if not all, like a man in uniform.
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.
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.
I've found the exact same thing.Last_straw said:I remember when I lived on a base near a major city (well it was still a pretty small city but whatever) it was harder to hook up with a local girl if you looked like you were in the military. But luckily there was a university there and the out of town girls weren't so cautious.
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.
unfortunately there's a lot of guys in the military that show a bad example, ruins things for everyone else. Rude, way too forward, drunks. And ppl just assume stuff, especially women that have been around guys like these too much.Real Talk said:The military guys in the nearby base didn't have a great rep when it comes to the ladies. My girl friends would tell me how crude and forward they could be.
I did go to a college that graduates a ton of doctors and engineers, so as far as social group its probably a group thats a little different than the military crowd.
So true. Most of my friends that served either in OEF or OIF were cheated on the moment they went in-country. The one guy whose wife remained loyal was herself an army brat once. She knew what she was getting into, and she meant her vows when she uttered them.Falcon25 said:Girls who like military guys are girls who grew up with military guys (fathers, brothers, etc.) Just like cops like other cops or nurses who like doctors. You will have a good chance with girls who have military backgrounds within their families, everything else will be a fuvk and done.
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.