Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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I think there might be something fishy going on...

Blackhole105

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My girlfriend texted me today asking if I wanted to do anything tonight. I told her I was going out with a few friends and told her it's cool if she comes. to which she responds some old 'friend' she hasn't hung out with in ages wanted to hang out today. I tell her its cool if she wants to hang out with him (secretly I'm thinking "wtf!!") to this she responds:

'Uh nty. hes sum1 from my past that ive had alotta bad memories with. i just want to catch up on **** and hang out with him only 4 a lil bit.. i def want to go with u. whos gonna be there or how many ppl? cuz I prolly dnt know any of em lol'

My best guess is that its her ex-boyfriend that attempted suicide when she broke up with him...but idk why she wouldn't just say that.

My question is, what should be my response/attitude towards this when I pick her up tonight? should i ask who it is?
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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Gustav Yavo

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umm the question is "why would she wanna meet up and shoot the sh!t with someone shes had bad memories about?"
its of course possible that its nothing, but to me it seems really dodgy and doesnt really say much, like shes trying to hide somethin...
 

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Blackhole105 said:
My girlfriend texted me today asking if I wanted to do anything tonight. I told her I was going out with a few friends and told her it's cool if she comes. to which she responds some old 'friend' she hasn't hung out with in ages wanted to hang out today. I tell her its cool if she wants to hang out with him (secretly I'm thinking "wtf!!") to this she responds:

'Uh nty. hes sum1 from my past that ive had alotta bad memories with. i just want to catch up on **** and hang out with him only 4 a lil bit.. i def want to go with u. whos gonna be there or how many ppl? cuz I prolly dnt know any of em lol'

My best guess is that its her ex-boyfriend that attempted suicide when she broke up with him...but idk why she wouldn't just say that.

My question is, what should be my response/attitude towards this when I pick her up tonight? should i ask who it is?
Drop it homeboy, let it go.
 

Gustav Yavo

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if somethin similar to this happens again sometime soon then i would start to press for answers....
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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She said she wants to hang out with you that night. I don't see a problem here. Tell her if she wants to hang with you to meet up after she sees her friend. I don't see the big deal here...
 

drmeathead

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yeah as long as she goes home with you i guess right? on its face it is sorta ****ty she wants to catch up with an ex then she makes it ****tier by skimming on the details. you cant press her on the details as you will come off as a control freak chump but she failed in this spot when she didnt come to you with the details. that was the test here.

now as to your response...if her failing this test is a deal breaker for you then walk. if not then let it go but dont forget about it and begin to start to note a pattern. if the pattern becomes something you arent cool with then bounce.
 
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