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.
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.
+ RepScottMustaine said:Dude, i just take one movie. Switch to ******* or anal sex scene, and jack that **** off in 5 minutes and continue with my life.
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.
This!ScottMustaine said:Dude, i just take one movie. Switch to ******* or anal sex scene, and jack that **** off in 5 minutes and continue with my life.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
What you might hit yourself in the eye? Not sure how masturbation can be "dangerous."wanking which is a dangerous habit.
Its dangerous when you masturbate to porn. It trains your **** to only get hard with porn and not with real women, and you end up chasing porn strictly rather than women. This not just a theory, its a proven fact.Zarky said:I'm not sure I can quantify it by the "hour." I will watch a few minutes to "get the job done" then shut it off and go on with my day. It's not like I sit there watching it for the storyline or when I'm not getting myself off. It's purely a masturbatory facilitation device for me.
So let's say on average once or so per day, anywhere from a few minutes to several minutes each time.
What you might hit yourself in the eye? Not sure how masturbation can be "dangerous."
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.
Some people get addicted to porn to an unhealthy extent.Zarky said:I'm not sure I can quantify it by the "hour." I will watch a few minutes to "get the job done" then shut it off and go on with my day. It's not like I sit there watching it for the storyline or when I'm not getting myself off. It's purely a masturbatory facilitation device for me.
So let's say on average once or so per day, anywhere from a few minutes to several minutes each time.
What you might hit yourself in the eye? Not sure how masturbation can be "dangerous."
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.