"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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My friend and I are half drunk, discussing life.

It was about then we noticed a real sizzling hot babe. Every male turned their heads and even those with girlfriends managed to sneak a glance of lust.

"Look at her," I say. "What would you do if you had a girlfriend like that?"

"Beats me," he replies. "The pressure would be high knowing everyone else here wants her. I wonder how her boyfriend's feeling right now."

"Maybe your level isn't high enough," I reply.

Level?

That's the only way to put it.

RPG fans or computer gamers would be familiar with this term. If your level isn't high enough, you can't take on the harder parts of the game.

"Um.. yeah.. I guess that's it," my friend replies with a weird look on his face.

"If your level was high enough, you wouldn't mind losing her, not to mention going out and making new competition everytime she walks by a male," I try to explain myself.

My friend laughs.

"If you want to put it THAT way," he smirks. "But I guess you're right. You can't lie to yourself that you're the pimp, or the bomb, or the catch, or the man. You just can't," he continues.

"The only way you could get a go at her is to be at a very high level. And that means levelling up," I say with a grin, reminiscing my younger gaming days.

That's when I decided to post this. We treat some people different from others. Some deserve our respect, the others don't.

But for the ones that command respect, what did they do? What do they have? They certainly paid their dues. Think about it for a second.

Whatever you constantly practice, you get better at.

Whatever you want isn't impossible to achieve. I didn't learn to speak to girls in a day. I had to speak to kids first, then older women, then men, then everyone. Right now, I'm still learning how to be a great conversationalist.

If you asked me to start a conversation with a girl I fancy before I was ready to even speak to kids, you'd be better off asking me to jump out of an airplane without a chute.

It doesn't only apply to girls. It applies to everything in life. If there's a challenge you can't meet, go work on it, come back and try again.

Back to the pub.

Her boyfriend leaves for the bathroom. We only live once, so I figure why not. I walk up to her and say hi.

Half of the place still has their eyes on her, so I guess I was in the picture as well.

She looks at me, then turns around and ignores me.

"Ouch," I say as I eject.

I walk back to our place as my friend greets me with a comforting laugh.

"Guess my level wasn't high enough," I smile.

There's a lot I have to improve on and there's no other way than to just go out and do it.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

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.

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If you put it in terms of levelling up, you'll have the warcraft players attacking all the low level creatures in rapid non-stop succession to get max level.
 

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Docs said:
If you put it in terms of levelling up, you'll have the warcraft players attacking all the low level creatures in rapid non-stop succession to get max level.
What?
 

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If you were wearing your Dragon Armor (+200 Hit Points, Invincible to Snobbery) you would have succeeded.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Docs said:
If you put it in terms of levelling up, you'll have the warcraft players attacking all the low level creatures in rapid non-stop succession to get max level.
You can't level off lower creatures. Infact killing the weak brings dishonor.

OMG I'm a geek!
 

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Cleric said:
You can't level off lower creatures. Infact killing the weak brings dishonor.

OMG I'm a geek!
Well you know....that doesn't matter in the concern of leveling up. +2 experience IS +2 experience you know.
 

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Docs said:
Well you know....that doesn't matter in the concern of leveling up. +2 experience IS +2 experience you know.
But its true though. There are levels in real life. Most just don't see them.

You level up everytime you invest in yourself. Evrytime you read a new book. Everytime you succeed, everytime you feel a little better about yourself, and so on..
 

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You can't say level though, because level implies there is an end state, an upper limit. And if we say level, we have to now figure out who is top dog, what level is he, what skills does he possess, how much experience does he gain for every approach, how many levels do you need to use a certain skill, what happens if there's a cheater that uses a high level skill while being of a lower level quantity, what if the girl has a resistance, what cracks resistance, is there a such thing as a fatal trait that always sticks no matter what skill you use, what level is the level that provides the most signal to noise ratio, what level is a master level, what level does a noob become un-noobed, what happens when a lower leveled guy beats a higher leveled guy with the same skills used, is he a hacker?

Too much to think about!!!!
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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