"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 Is About to Take a Big Fall!!! Help!

SamRi72

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Alright, I have a friend who is completely fallen ONEitis for one of the most popular and dangerous girls at school (this should be high school forum, but I figured that you people have much more experience and wisdom). Now, my friend got a date set up with her, but he pissed her off a week and a half before it on AIM. After apologizing constantly (even though what he did was more tongue in cheek and not malicious or wrong), she has blocked him on AIM and is still very pissed off at him.

Nonetheless, my AFC homie decided to get her some Godiva, balloons, and a stuffed animal with an "I'm sorry card". I was not able to stop him from doing that, but I was able to get him to change it to a Valentine's theme barely mentioning the incident. Nonetheless, after this all out Valentine's, I think she'll look at him as a complete wuss and friend zone him permanently if she forgives him.

I know he's going to take a fall for this, but this guy is too stubborn to admit he's wrong sometimes. Just in case though, I need you're guys' incite and support. Please help me save of my friends from taking a major fall. Is he doing the right thing, or can it be made into the right thing to do? DJ's, an AFC and a great friend of mine needs your help.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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vorbis

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Never apologise unless its REALLY serious!

This is as close to a rule as you can get with women. Women won't care about the actual apology but will think you weak for doing so. If you don't apologies, they'll call you a bastard but will respect you for not doing so.

Your friend sounds like he's blown it with this chick already. His best bet would be to ignore her and game other girls.
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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SamRi72 said:
...I know he's going to take a fall for this, but this guy is too stubborn to admit he's wrong sometimes. Just in case though, I need you're guys' incite and support. Please help me save of my friends from taking a major fall. Is he doing the right thing, or can it be made into the right thing to do? DJ's, an AFC and a great friend of mine needs your help.
How much is this guy paying you to be his savior?
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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SamRi72 said:
This is one of my best friends here, man. We've been homies 7 years. You don't care about your friends?
I care for them enough to respect their choices and not invoke my opinions upon them unless they ask for it. It's not my job to save them and feeling that they aren't capable to learn from their mistakes is insulting their character in my opinion.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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Ripper

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Francisco d'Anconia said:
I care for them enough to respect their choices and not invoke my opinions upon them unless they ask for it. It's not my job to save them and feeling that they aren't capable to learn from their mistakes is insulting their character in my opinion.
Well said. If you really care about your friend, let him make the mistakes. It'll be better for him in the long run. Even if you save him now, he'll still commit the same mistakes in the future.
 
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