PrinceBeavis
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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.
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.
Bible_Belt said:You only want her so badly because you can't have her.
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.
As soon as you think "I don't want get hurt", you are entering into AFC terrority. You have to live your life as best you can and as full as possible and she can come along for the ride if she wishes. If you don't live your life as full as and as best as possible and be happy with who you are and come to terms with yourself, you will start supplicating and become an AFC.Bigtrucker2008 said:My reason for this is that I don't want to get hurt for letting her have my heart. I was hurt long ago, and it made me into a "player". I've gotten with all kinds of various chicks(some at the same time) and they meant nothing to me but another notch in my belt. But now, I don't know what to do, cuz I really like her and she likes me, but I don't want to get hurt.
Bigtrucker2008 said:Ok, this girl and I both really like each other. We don't call ourselves officially "boyfriend and girlfriend", but we do things that couples do (except have sex, which is awkward for me because normally I don't get in situations like this).