I just watched it, it was hilarious.. oh god, I hadn't laughed that hard in some time.. I saw this episode in which this nice guy tries doing his magic tricks, and then sings, and then says he reads Dr.Zeus books to himself. God that was funny.
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.