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'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.
Seems like a great strategy. While Europe is "trolling" Russia with f@ggots, Russia is taking over Europe one country at a time!Jaylan said:Plus Im sure the EU is trying to troll Russia given their intolerance of non-hetero folk.
Well said.Bokanovsky said:Seems like a great strategy. While Europe is "trolling" Russia with f@ggots, Russia is taking over Europe one country at a time!
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.
" Intolerance"Jaylan said:The world is changing. Plus Im sure the EU is trying to troll Russia given their intolerance of non-hetero folk.
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.
:crackup: t!ts is back in full force.( . )( . ) said:^Pffft this coming from the peanut who makes it "his" mission to remind us all how evil those straight white males are (extra points if they're Christian). Your phoney nonchalance and "live and let live" attitude is noted.
A confused person, is a fearful person. A fearful person is easy to control. Not sure why they want to.PairPlusRoyalFlush said:Right.
I am all for live and let live but there is and has been a concerted agenda here.
Welcome back btw
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.