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.
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.
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Because he's a pvssy.kukulkana said:This guy I like (I'm a gal) is telling me all the time that he will do whatever I want him to do and when I ask him out he comes but expects me to take initiative constantly. Why is he doing this?
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.
That's kinda funny...I HAVE done that before when a girl is ugly but F-able...been willing to do stuff with her but let her initiate it.librito said:or you're ugly.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Right on, that's the feeling I get...Alternatively, and there are these types around, we have had the odd one here, no pun intended, he could be a classic submissive guy looking for a dominant woman. You might not want to take on that role, but I'm led to believe there are large numbers of these types of men, so if you did accept that duty, they would probably be fighting for your attention, him included.
Frankly, beating up people is not my piece of cake. But what if this guy just wants to please me? It sure seems great to have someone ready to do anything you like. I think I will take your suggestion and next time he offers, ask him to lick my foot and see what he does. I promise I'll tell you what happened.Cod3r said:Tell him to lick your feet or playfully smack him and see his reaction, if he smiles or something, smack the shvt out of him and see what he does next. I'll place money he says 'sorry'.
I'm dead serious as well, no joking intended
-Cod3r
As long as I do it with the intention to turn him on, it will work, I think. We may both have fun...Cod3r said:^ ^ I normally wouldn't advocate doing this to a fellow man...
But he kinda deserves it, just like the friend of mine, he's pathetic and deserves everything that girl gives him. Yeah keep me posted, but i have a feeling I already know what he's going to do lol
-Cod3r