"If it doesn't make sense, it's usually not true."In2theGame said:What i think that hurt the most was when i saw her telling another guy she was totally in love with him,.
— Judy Sheindlin
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
"If it doesn't make sense, it's usually not true."In2theGame said:What i think that hurt the most was when i saw her telling another guy she was totally in love with him,.
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 point is very true...however the primary reason isn't men acting weak (that is most definitely a big part though) but the state acting against men...why?The_411 said:The biggest problem is that women have become empowered/embolden by men acting weak.
You think that women would pull some of this crap 200-300 years ago? Not a chance. Sure, they cheated, but some of the other garbage would have resulted in a giant back handed slap or in the worst cases, death.
I really find it hard to belive OP that you didn't see warning signsHeMan said:did you see lots of warning signs in the 5 years when you where dating?
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.
Hey Solomon, By the time she went nuts out to clubs and bars i was already being pushed away by her, not wanting to talk to me, well she was talking to me but felt torn because her friends were telling her it was best for her to not talk to me anymore. I was so pissed because i thought "who the F*ck are your friends to talk about our personal relationship" in fact one of her friends that i DID NOT LIKE, but i tried being friends with her told her to stash all my garbage (jewelry, pictures, gifts, cards) under her bed and forget me. you can imagine, how helpless i felt.Solomon said:I really find it hard to belive OP that you didn't see warning signs
When she was smutting herself out in bars/clubs were where you?
when she didn't come home or pick up your phone calls after bar closed?
Her being distant?
Their always "signs" maybe you just didn't see them but their there, everyone has a "routine" of how they do things. once that routine gets broken lies and deception turn into place unless the person was lying to begin with
In2theGame, read what you posted here in this quote.In2theGame said:she started doin drugs, smoking, drinking, going out non stop i heard she even got into a fight in a bar. I mean really,... this shift in her attitude was astonishing for me because she was a very nice girl and person and then BAM! complete change.
You know what,...... Im thinking about it as im typing this... 1 month before she cried and cried and totally changed, she was complaining of stomach problems and we went to the hospital... I wonder if she f*cked someone behind my back and got pregnant? but couldnt bare to ever tell me.... .
So true, regrettably, but so true.The_411 said:In2thegame,
I've come to the conclusion that there are very few women worth my time in this world for the simpel reason is that I've met very few women who hold similar ideals and scruples. hat there are very few women who are worthwhile but it's a stark reality.