"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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Is My Mindset ****ed up?

Pierce

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Well my mindset is I really dont like hanging with people. I realized that before I only hung out wit males to play basketball or play video games or get to the ladies (mostly this last one). Now that I have a girlfriend I realize that I can't do the latest one so I really don't look forward to "hanging" with friends unless its playing a sport. So now I feel that really only thing I can do is Self-Improvement.

Is this a normal thought guys or am I just weird as hell.
 

"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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Pierce

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nah man. she thought about all da **** and she crawled back and admitted i was right.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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f283000

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It's normal and it happens to everyone. You went from playing video games with your buddies to getting a gf and now spending more time with your gf and sort of leaving your buddies behind. It's a normal thing that happens to guys when they get a gf.

Try to be careful though and don't lose your friends. Try to hang out with them when you can. Remember that girlfriends come and go but good friends are hard to come by.
 

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I know I can't spend alot of time wit my GF and I am not going to spend every day with her...... But I feel like I never really enjoyed hanging out with guys unless it was talking or chasing girls or playing sports. Now that Im being faithful it feels pointless to me. I was just wondering if this is normal.
 

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I've felt that way before, but each time I allow myself to stop seeing friends to do other things I always regret it later. Don't let your girlfriend become your entire life - you will feel very lonely if you ever want to split up with her.
 

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Define "normal." It's not a thought that I agree with, or that I've ever experienced...but to each his own. There are a lot of things that I do that wouldn't be considered "normal," but they make me happy.

But, to answer your question...I'm not sure how many people feel like this, but I wouldn't think it would be a whole lot
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Proselytiser said:
Keep yourself sharp don't stop talking to women because you have a girlfriend
This.

And you are perfectly normal. A male of your age has a deep instinct to be seen by as many females as possible, its just part of your genetic programming so don't fight it. Also, you can stay faithful and still flirt. In fact your relationship will benefit from it because

> She will know that she has to be on her best behavior to keep you faithful
> Your sexual appetite will get warmed up from random hotties and you will have more "fuel" to pound that ass with
> You stay on top of your game, because you never know how this relationship will pan out.

I'd take this even further and start amassing a collection of girlfriends to add to your social circle. The awesome thing about being a taken man is that you can pre-emptively LJBF the hottest chicks, building a platonic stable which will have great potential if you ever become a free agent again. This subconscious knowledge alone will greatly affect your game, putting you in the necessary mindset to keep the attraction level high with your current lady.

I know you want to be faithful and that's commendable, but I feel compelled to add that you are 20 years old, hardly an age to get really serious with someone. I'd keep an open mind to meeting other females for the simple reason that you haven't truly lived yet, and this is the age where your drive is at its peak. Every guy needs a manwh*re phase, no better time than when you are in the same age bracket as hot, barely legal females.

Something to think about...

As for social settings sans the pickup, you will ease into that over time when your hormones calm down and sex isn't on the brain every 2 minutes. (I can go a whopping 6 minutes without thinking about it, lol)
 

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This is why when you make plans with friends you plan something to do.

Girls can meet up and sleepover and phone eachother all the time for no good reason. Us guys dont do that. You never phone your friend to just 'have a chat', thats gay. Girls dont need activities, they can just talk about **** all day.

This is also why having female friends is not natural. We function differently from women. It's not in our nature to spend time like girls. Let the gay guys do that.
 
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