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.
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.
iqqi said:Tell her that her intel must be failing her if she isn't aware of your true identity yet.
OMG she is asking for my full name... i used your line and she still wants my full nameiqqi said:Then when she asks what would that be say "I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you. Don't worry... you'd like it."
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.
iqqi said:Ask her what is her social security #. And her last 5 addresses.
iqqi said:Then ask her how badly she wants that top secret info, and tell her if she really wants it she is going to have to come get it.
Then tell her you have to run, a big operation is about to go down and you have to go save the day. Then wink at her, and leave her alone for the next three days.
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.
No problem.My Name is Nobody said:she said "OK have fun"
and I logged out. That was great, Thanks Iqqi
Its all good.My Name is Nobody said:Oh yeah when I told her to come get the info she said
"that's not possible right now"
iqqi said:Make sure you say "I'd love to stay and chit chat dahling, but a huge code red mission is going down in a bit, and I must run and save the day..."
It is important you say chit chat, and dahling.
NO I negged you BACK retard. You were on a negging rampage, you even negged Lovelylady. And...My Name is Nobody said:too late for that i'll save it for next time .. I already logged out and cut her off.
I cant rep you, it says I need to spread it around.
And you negged me first.
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.
iqqi said:NO I negged you BACK retard. You were on a negging rampage, you even negged Lovelylady. And...
I always get people back! :cuss:
UM NO.My Name is Nobody said:no you got it backwards... you negged me with "yo mamma" out of nowhere, then i negged you back with "su madre"
you did it first.
iqqi said:UM NO.
That is not what happened.
A mod can go through the histories and confirm this.
My neg came AFTER yours and said something to the effects of "get over it, loser!!!"
You have a LOUSY LOUSY memory.My Name is Nobody said:Fine.
Get the mod to go through it.. I had no reason to neg you.. I liked you then you p!ssed me off with that neg!
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.