penkitten
Master Don Juan
but i bought the pancake maker ...comic_relief said:tell you what Pen, you can have the sandwich maker, and I will take his pancake maker.![]()
comic_relief
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.
but i bought the pancake maker ...comic_relief said:tell you what Pen, you can have the sandwich maker, and I will take his pancake maker.![]()
comic_relief
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
alright, I'll take the sandwich maker and you can take back your pancake maker.penkitten said:but i bought the pancake maker ...
wait, if i took it back, i would be an indian giver ...comic_relief said:alright, I'll take the sandwich maker and you can take back your pancake maker.
comic_relief
I would be a thief and you an indian giver, we would go together quite well.penkitten said:wait, if i took it back, i would be an indian giver ...
HALF, motherf*cker.comic_relief said:I would be a thief and you an indian giver, we would go together quite well.
Plus we would have all of Gio's sh!t.
comic_relief
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
not if I steal your halfGiovanni Casanova said:HALF, motherf*cker.
wait, they still tour?Interceptor said:Pen, Depeche Mode are threatening to leave in about an hour...
...just letting you know.