"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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Blue Phoenix

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It´s funny cause they get p!ssed when you don´t wanna listen to her problems.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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Blue Phoenix said:
It´s funny cause they get p!ssed when you don´t wanna listen to her problems.
Listening to her problems is a bad idea. A woman with high interest in you normally won't tell you her problems. She would go through her friends or her emotional tampon "guy" friends because she wants only positive energy in your relationship with her. my guess...
 

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This is one of those transitions you naturally go through. Previously you may have just stood there listening to her problems (which you never enjoyed anyway)---then one day she's going on about her girlie troubles and you're thinking "I have no interest in her problems or standing here listening to them--this sucks--change subject".

Change the subject. Let her "boy" "friends" handle her problems/ego. All the while she's whining to THEM, she'll be thinking of you and why you never put up with her whining.
 

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What´s worst is that they don´t either want help. They just want you to listen to her whining.

It´s funny, I told the girl I was involved "if the only reason you call me is to talk about your problems then I don´t want to talk to you anymore". Then she said "but this builds intimacy!!".

*What a croc of sh!t.
 

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You can never 100% trust a woman and what she says. Intimacy my :moon: . Go tell her when she is able to buy you your new xbox, that's intimacy.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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Blue Phoenix

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dannyegg4575 said:
You can never 100% trust a woman and what she says. Intimacy my :moon: . Go tell her when she is able to buy you your new xbox, that's intimacy.
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
 
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