"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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need help w/ convo skills

ogre

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and the moral of this story is....

"shorty" flaked - oh so predictable. I made alternate plans anyway - knowing this was gonna happen. and I called the russian and we have a movie date for monday.

russian girl: we have no chemistry and I get a 2nd date. that my convo with her was a flop seems irrelevant now.

shorty: we have big time chemistry and she flakes

why?

date w/ russian was monday and I had zero contact since then, I call, I get a date.

conclusion: 4 days is normally a good wait time. but in this case I should double it to compensate for being such an idiot and calling shorty the next day. if I'm too available my value goes down. so I have to get scarce.
 

"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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Re: and the moral of this story is....

Originally posted by ogre


1. "shorty" flaked - oh so predictable.

2. russian girl: we have no chemistry and I get a 2nd date. that my convo with her was a flop seems irrelevant now.
shorty: we have big time chemistry and she flakes
why?

3. conclusion:if I'm too available my value goes down. so I have to get scarce.
1. If the date was 5 hours, most likely...you have being LJBF without the explicit statement. Conclusion? Dont do LOOONG dates. Prfereably end it after 1 hours, end it yourself...

2. Ha... the world is not spinning around you. YOU thought you had chemistry... she didn't. Besides all people here would tell you: chemistry is nothing... high IL is everything. If she shows high IL, you got the next date.
So... consider thinking in terms of IL to predict whether you will have a second date.
I just remind you: women tend to show high IL if they smell you are a dating material with ponetial, i.e. with "money", but they call it "he knows where he is going in life". Probably shorty was not impressed with your presentation of your "where I am going in life" an the russian seems is more impressed. Very simple.
I am sure you knew taht before...

3. Yes. I think most women even test men on how available he is directly: if he is too available, she will just write him off....
It is like a requirement you have to meet.
 

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ogre: try to avoid such long dates early in the game - from experience, we guys eventually become chumps as the minutes progress (by not cutting it off earlier) and/or bored/boring (again shoulda cut it off earlier!).
 
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