"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.
Instant Messaging
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
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.
Dukester
Master Don Juan
If you're using aim or the internet to meet girls, just use caution....
"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.
GlutusMaximus86
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Personally I think it's just a waste of bandwidth to leave away messages on for hours at a time. But that is just my opinion. Also a good place for funny away messages is www.gonebuddy.com.
diplomatic_lies
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The Bad Ass Canadian
Master Don Juan
My sentiments, exactly.
Maybe if you didn't spend your whole day on the net, you wouldn't be wondering whether you should pretend to be "away" or pretend to be "offline".
My status is always "online", but then again, I only get on the net for half an hour a day, I don't need to fake anything.
"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
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.
Zhen
Don Juan
here's the deal...
face to face is better than phone is better than aim... do whatever you can... phone number should be easy...
I guess this would be another option aside from being offline or away.
~ivan
sorry i should have said active djs.. ones who post near enough every day..Originally posted by SuperGigaloDJ
My Tip was common sense to DJ's but good for the Newbies here.
Me? One of the better DJ's here? You must have me confused with someone else. Some of the better dj's here are:
SexPDX
xblitz44x
jakethasnake
Oxide
TonyTheTigerOI
( . )( . )
Tryin to Grow a Chin
Squirrels
Just to name a few.
(though i don't pay to much attention to who posts alot)
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.