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.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
On the other hand it becomes more and more acceptable . More local next-door-women do this thus they'll lure in more and more men..It's a clear sign of the climate this ( dating ) era is in."Soared" my @ss OP. Sh1t's starting to plateau if it hasn't already
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OnlyFans Gross Revenue Rises 9% to $7.2 Billion in 2024
OnlyFans reported $7.22 billion in gross revenue, up 9%, and pre-tax profit of $684 million, up 4% for its 2024 fiscal year.variety.com
From the article: "The latest OnlyFans results show its revenue and earnings growing at a slower pace than in past years. In 2021, OnlyFans saw gross revenue shoot up 118%, driven by the global COVID pandemic, followed by annual increases of 16% and 19% in 2022 and 2023, respectively."
Might be a good time to short.
Growth rates 2021-2024, in order by year
118
16
19
9
I bet the 19% growth in '23 had some creative accounting involved.
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.
On the other hand it becomes more and more acceptable . More local next-door-women do this thus they'll lure in more and more men..It's a clear sign of the climate this ( dating ) era is in.
We'll see if OF reached it's peak ..
The world's oldest profession isn't going anywhere, but the dollar amounts go up and down with the economy. Not that I was there, but there are stories of Eastern Europe after the fall of the USSR where prostitutes were going for the price of a sandwich.
The lowest price I remember was $7/hr.The world's oldest profession isn't going anywhere, but the dollar amounts go up and down with the economy. Not that I was there, but there are stories of Eastern Europe after the fall of the USSR where prostitutes were going for the price of a sandwich.