"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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ill try to make this a quick one....ok so about two weeks ago i asked out this girl and i was rejected...she said something about to much things in her life right now to worry about a guy and i was like BS shes just trying to keep friends so she can sleep at night...then 2 days after she rejected me she IMs me and tells me something about "have u ever had something good going for you and when a thing came up you didnt take it and now u feel really stupid because u would have taken it?" and it kept going on about the same thing for a while so then at school out of nowhere she like comes next to me at the lunch line and says "bob88, ur the bestest" and gives me a hug and we talked for a while and shes been saying im the bestest for the past week now and she hugs me all the time and theres lots of kino by her part...she said she wasent gonna see me for a week and she put on a sad face and i told her yeah unless we hung out and she said would we really hang out? and i said "yeah give me ur number and ill see whats up" so she gives me the number and says "but u better call me for sure ok?" and i said yeah.....so im alitle confused right now about her...im still keeping my options open with other girls but i still think i like this girl the most so what is she trying to do here? keep me available for her needs? trying to be friendly after she rejected me?

thanx in advance for any help.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

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.

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she sounds like a potential flake. i'd make sure that im being the man in every situation with this girl. in other words, proceed with caution.
 

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Call her, set up a date, hang out with her, and see what happens. It seems to me like she regrets saying no to you...but the fact that she's already changed her decision before you two even hook up...before you even had her number...there's potential for a flakey chick on that, like that others said.
 

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how would u proceed with caution to this girl?
Guard your heart. Don't let her little tricks get into you. Your heart is your achilles tendon in playerhood. You let a girl get to it, and it's all over...

She's already rejected you once, what's stoppin her from doing it again? What you gotta do is let HER come to you.

What you're going to do is what was said above, call her up, set up a date. Go have fun, but don't EXPECT anything. Just go out to have fun. You will create a mindset that views this girl as just fun, you will see her as unworthy to be in a relationship with you...until you think she truly wants you.

What that will do is detach you from her, therefore, you won't be so caught up in figuring out if she's good enough for a relationship. It will also cause her to run to you, and even if she doesn't, you weren't attached to her in the first place.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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WesCottII

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From a physcological point of view, i see it like this. She doesn't like you. She rejected you. She now feels bad for you, she feels sorry for you and is trying to make it better by giving you attention. Basically it sounds (to me) like you are becoming one of her "girlfreinds"
 

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Originally posted by WesCottII
From a physcological point of view, i see it like this. She doesn't like you. She rejected you. She now feels bad for you, she feels sorry for you and is trying to make it better by giving you attention. Basically it sounds (to me) like you are becoming one of her "girlfreinds"
so....

DON'T FALL INTO HER TRAP!!!

hang out with her once or twice, and if nothing comes out of it then just next her. plutonic friends aren't really worth your time
 

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Originally posted by WesCottII
From a physcological point of view, i see it like this. She doesn't like you. She rejected you. She now feels bad for you, she feels sorry for you and is trying to make it better by giving you attention. Basically it sounds (to me) like you are becoming one of her "girlfreinds"

yeah thats what i thought...im not even gonna set up a date or hang out with her...i dont think shes worth it and theres other girls who would apreciate my time better
 

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Originally posted by aBAzLLnA
Guard your heart. Don't let her little tricks get into you. Your heart is your achilles tendon in playerhood. You let a girl get to it, and it's all over...
AMEN.

thanx much guys....i love you all now
:D haha I thought that was funny.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

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.

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