Egoist
Master Don Juan
EXTREEEEEEEEEEME!
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.
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.
the only thing that you should be ashamed of for being white is d*ck size.Originally posted by Ever onward
But did you notice how it portrayed white guys? All the white guys in the movie are either mean, crass or EXTREME.
Watching that movie made me ashamed to be a whitie
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.
No, you don't want that, trust me. That stuff turns your shyt to liquid, for lack of a better description.Originally posted by PRMoon
Mmmm white castle. I wish we had them out here![]()
Dude that is the one thing I don't have to worry about. Now if only I had some rhythm and could dance...the only thing that you should be ashamed of for being white is d*ck size.
Yeah I could go for some of that right now.Mmmm white castle. I wish we had them out here
No they don't. I may live on the west coast now, but I'm from the east I use to have whitecastle all the time and I never had any problems.Originally posted by Page
No, you don't want that, trust me. That stuff turns your shyt to liquid, for lack of a better description.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
Your sense of humor is damaged. Return it for a refund or replacement.Originally posted by Tweek_1984
Awful film. I nearly broke into a smile once and that was when the credits started to roll.
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.
H: The only girls who are interested in me are girls I have no interest in. Like Cindy Kim.
K: Speaking of Cindy, she called earlier. One of those Asian clubs she's in is throwing a party at her dorm tonight.
H: God, she invites me to everything.
K: So what? She's kind of ****in' cute. Let her touch your penis.