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.
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.
ok first of all..I HATE THAT PHRASE...Spade said:lmao, bro wat if i hooked up with her on the first date?
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.
Just spend some time with her.Spade said:Aite bro i never thought of it that way... i guess ill work ma magic untill she brings it up.
Any ideas, how i can get really close with her?
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
lol. I will tell you from experience that was kinda epic fail. lol. Even tho the girl gave me my 1st kiss, we did not date.loleaglez1177 said:Like I said in the other thread, I still believe your rushing into things way too fast to be asking a girl to be your gf when you've only gone on one date so far.
But if you really wanna go for it (which i dont reccommend cuz i still think theres a shot she may deny you simply cuz she doesnt know you well enough, but hey if you really feel the attraction is there then go for it) heres what I would do:
Hang out with her one night, make sure the two of you are alone. When you feel the time is right (say at like the climax of wen u guys are hanging out, like a time wen you two just really connect), just tell her (maybe you could hold her hand too while you say it) "Hey bla blah I really enjoy being with you and I wanted to know if you would be my girlfriend"
^idk maybe someone can give a lil better advice, i mean how does that sound? Im not a huge expert when it comes to actually asking a girl out.