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.
Nah, I'm sure it was the guy's fault. She sounds sweet. Congrats, man.Would they be entirely dealbreakers?
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.
....you met her on POF, right?Ever Google your prospective dates name and saw mugshots of her on public record? LOL. Typically its either domestic abuse or DUI's
Would they be entirely dealbreakers?
if it's not a violent crime and doesn't represent a mental/personality issue, then who cares?Would they be entirely dealbreakers?
why would she want to talk about that? lord knows I wouldn't want to talk about something like that.I did have a girl I dated that was getting a house foreclosed on. I tried to get her to open up about it, but didn't tell her all that I knew. She kept telling me she was selling her house and getting a different one because she didn't like the one she had. lol. BS. Eventually, I said "hey, its obvious you are full of ****. I tried to get you to open up but I know more than I led on and you are a liar". I ended the relationship right there. I put her to the test and she lied. If she hid details like that, then she will hide even smaller details that might directly effect me. I don't need people like that.
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.
that's what women are for fam.sex sex sex sex sex
Jesus....
Serious question?Would they be entirely dealbreakers?
Because its shows several things about ones character.why would she want to talk about that? lord knows I wouldn't want to talk about something like that.
how would her house foreclosing be your problem?