http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...r-midlife-romeos/story-e6frg6zo-1225866688363
can't wait til i turn 30...:trouble:
can't wait til i turn 30...:trouble:
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.
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.
Maybe I'm more of a catch than I thought (and I know I'm a good catch).For instance, of the 259,000 available men in their 50s, only 34,000 have degrees (13 per cent) and 20,000 (8 per cent) earn more than $83,000 a year.
I'll be 50 before the end of the year (wow, 49 is going fast). Assuming my girlfriend and I don't break up I'll be one of the 2.7 percent!Most (61 per cent) of men in their 50s stick to their own age group but plenty find themselves younger women: 30 per cent choose women in their 40s and 2.7 per cent women in their 30s.
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.