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.
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.
And you sought it out out of CURIOUSITY, so what does that say about you?Unprez said:Holy **** from the title I thought that the OP was a fag...god change the friggin thread title
So you checked this thread out to see what kind of guys he was seeing to see if you fit the build .Unprez said:Holy **** from the title I thought that the OP was a fag...god change the friggin thread title
TheFlyOne said:So you checked this thread out to see what kind of guys he was seeing to see if you fit the build .
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.
ok relax guys it was a joke, and wht the hell is post flopping? I dont think anyone here would read this thread hoping that its a gay adTheFlyOne said:So you checked this thread out to see what kind of guys he was seeing to see if you fit the build .
Yeah, I see how well it's workingDon't care about any anti-txt or aim comments. I use all options and they all have their uses. It's how you use things.
Yeah, that's why you're posting about her instead of nexting her.she never just comes out and says what that activity is like most people (like I did when I don't give it a second thought and just said nope I got softball -- oh, look, her mystery is actually making me LOSE interest)
You don't have to be "squeezed in" to fit her schedule. Pick a day and see if she makes herself fit into yours. If not, say, "next time, maybe" then wait some days, pick another day and see if she makes herself available or not for the next date you suggest.I'm supposed to tell her today where/time we're gonna meet. Maybe i'll just tell her I don't want to be rushed and we can do it another day and she'll get the hint... or think i'm difficult and give up .
She's a free agent, as are you. Same day or spaced apart by a day, how does it really matter, you know?There's nothing wrong with seeing other guys, but on the same day?
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.
You're not being weird at all. This is the attitude of a man of value. Your time is valuable, and you dont want to be squeezed inbetween activities because that not only conveys you are willing to accomodate HER schedule first but it also tips the frame in her favor, albeit subtly.mrRuckus said:Am I just being too weird about this? There's nothing wrong with seeing other guys, but on the same day? I don't want girls or this one in particular enough at this moment to want to deal with it. Even if this becomes something consistent I wouldn't want to continually be squeezed in with her always running somewhere.
No, you just recognize that you aren't a priority to her so the likelihood of getting down her pants without a long, drawn out effort is slim at best. I have had a few women like this in the recent past and no good ever came of the interaction. It shows that there isn't enough interest. And I'm not the kind of person who says "give up" if you can't make her cream her panties after 5 minutes, but if you are playing phone and text tag like that and she's shooting down offers you have already missed your prime opportunity to get her interest level high enough. Now it's an uphill battle because she doesn't SEE your value, and until you get together you have no way of demonstrating it.mrRuckus said:I'm probably oversensitive but at this point I don't care enough so i'm considering dropping the whole thing. I don't want to be squeeeeezed into a schedule.
I say you pick a time and a place that is convenient for you, tell her to be there, and if it is anything other than an enthusiastic "YES", you forget about her and find a chick who has time for you.She's showing interest, but not enough for my tastes. I'm supposed to tell her today where/time we're gonna meet. Maybe i'll just tell her i don't want to be rushed and we can do it another day and she'll get the hint... or think i'm difficult and give up.
Don't listen to that static. It's 2009, not 1959.(Don't care about any anti-txt or aim comments. I use all options and they all have their uses. It's how you use things.)
Unbridled_Phoenix said:Texting and AIM is for teenagers and women. I might reply to a text in a pinch but since I got a life it holds no appeal to me.
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.