"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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It just doesn't make sense!

originaldj

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Alright. First off, I just want to say that I do not judge anybody becasue of his/her habits. Second of all I am just curious as to why some of you smoke. This whole site is about improving yourselves yet you take major steps backwards with your habit. I am just curious as I do not see any pros for smoking. It just seems thait it ruin your health and costs a lot of money. So out of curiousity what is the point?
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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italostud

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Smoking can start from peer pressure, stress, thinking it makes you look cool.

In general, smoking does add a bit to the bad boy image, so there's a positive. Now don't all jump on me at once here, that's just one positive amidst about a thousand negatives. I'm aware of that.

It can also be a crutch to help you talk to women when smoking. For instance, if you go outside somewhere for a smoke and someone's smoking there as well, it is a little easier to open the conversation due to the fact that you're both smokers.

Aside from those and maybe a few other little positives, smoking is a shytty habit. Don't start if you don't already smoke.
 

diplomatic_lies

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Smoking is like eating chocolate. Its bad for you, but enjoyable enough to keep doing it.
 

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I don't smoke cigarettes, but I enjoy cigars from time to time. Cigars you usually do not inhale, and most people smoke less of them than cigarettes. But its still not good for you.
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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diplomatic_lies said:
Smoking is like eating chocolate. Its bad for you, but enjoyable enough to keep doing it.
Except that chocolate doesn't make you smell like ****, make your teeth yellow, or kill you.
 

diplomatic_lies

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Shiftkey said:
Except that chocolate doesn't make you smell like ****, make your teeth yellow, or kill you.
Yes it does. In fact, it does all 3 things very well.
 

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Except that chocolate isn't in fact bad for you, and nothing like smoking.

Other than that they're the same.
 
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