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.
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
HER: "How do you wanna me?"Trapper said:a good C&F response if any girls says like " how do you wanna me?"
:crackup: haha! don't look now, but the dude below you thinks there's a "tonne" of things you could say. :crackup:Demonslut said:I'd ****slap her in the face for screwing up the grammar of such a simple sentence.
:crackup: thank you.Giovanni Casanova said:HER: "How do you wanna me?"
YOU: "Uhh... hold on a second. I've got to see if the sosuave.net guys can think of any ****y and or funny responses to this question! I'll be right back!"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
ValleyDJing said::crackup: haha! don't look now, but the dude below you thinks there's a "tonne" of things you could say. :crackup:
:crackup: :crackup:Giovanni Casanova said:HER: "How do you wanna me?"
YOU: "Uhh... hold on a second. I've got to see if the sosuave.net guys can think of any ****y and or funny responses to this question! I'll be right back!"
eh...whatever. haha, all you brits! alright you got me.The Juan and only said:???
A tonne is the metric equivalent of a "ton".
1 tonne = 1000 kilograms
your comment kinda backfired there, but now you know, so it's all good in the end.