"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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How Should I Have Handled This?

amnbyrd

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Alright so for the past month or so Ive been talking/seeing this girl. Last date was a few weeks back and it could not have gone any better. But this girl has a bit of an emotional problem as she was in a 4 yr relationship and is still hung over the guy and wants to be single. Anyways today we went out to this classic car lot-we both love cars. Afterwards I asked her to the movies. We get tickets and weve got an hour to kill so we hit up circuit city where she runs into a friend(a guy but def nothing to worry about, he's the type thats too nice and gets friendzoned) She ends up inviting him to the movie. In my head Im like wtf but I kept my cool and didnt react badly towards it. We see the movie she pretty much ignored me the whole time and afterwards we go to his place which was right next door to watch another movie that he bought earlier. We watch that and afterwards I drop her off at her place. Was a quiet ride home. So Ive already deleted her number and think Ive been friendzoned for whatever reason. Do you guys think I shouldve handled the night any differently?
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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dbot

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Have you kissed her ever? Are your intentions with her clear, or has she always thought of you as just a friend?

If a girl says she doesn't want a relationship, that means she doesn't want a relationship with you. That should be clue #1

She invites a friend along on your date. This means she either didn't see it as a date (either she's not interested or hasn't considered you on a romantic level), or she's just uncomfortable being alone with you. There's clue #2

I wouldn't invest anymore time into her.

The dreaded "friend zone" can be avoided super easily by simply making your intentions clear from the beginning. First date? Go for the kiss. ALWAYS. There will be nooo questioning your intentions then. Even go for a little make-out session if you can, but if not, you still better fcking kiss her. We're not in the 50s anymore. There is absolutely no girl in existence who wouldn't want a guy to kiss her on the first date. THEY EXPECT IT. Make your intentions loud and clear from day 1, and you will never have any issues with chicks putting you in the friend zone.
 

slcKing

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Yea NEXT HER!!!!! that was real disrespectful for her to invite another guy to the movies, if she wanted to be more than friends she wouldn't have invited him.
 
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