penkitten
Master Don Juan
no soup for you!Originally posted by McKindley
You should next her.
Just kidding
Good luck
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.
no soup for you!Originally posted by McKindley
You should next her.
Just kidding
Good luck
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
We will be here.Originally posted by Ricky
Penkitten and Gio
Post marriage will we ever see you guys on here?
I certainly hope so!
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
of course we will be here....Originally posted by Ricky
Penkitten and Gio
Post marriage will we ever see you guys on here?
I certainly hope so!
I can picture it now...........especially if we ever have a first fight hahaha just kidding
Then in that case, I have a present for Penkitten, I hope she will apperciate that.Penkitten says that she will be making my nacho dip while the game is on.
However, she says that when "Whose Line" is on, it will not be missed.
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.
Hey Chance... How's that boy of yours doing? I hope all is well with you.Originally posted by Sir_Chancealot
Haven't been around in a ***LONG*** time. But, penkitten (known to me by a psuedonym, and also by her REAL name.... muuuwaaahhaaahaaa), did IM me and say that she is indeed getting married.
I think she needs to come down (or up, depending on how you look at it) to Indy, and I will throw her a helluva bachelorette party.
Oh, and just for those old-timers who remember me...... I no longer date any American women.
Later all.
Sir_Chancealot.
Originally posted by Sir_Chancealot
Haven't been around in a ***LONG*** time. But, penkitten (known to me by a psuedonym, and also by her REAL name.... muuuwaaahhaaahaaa), did IM me and say that she is indeed getting married.
I think she needs to come down (or up, depending on how you look at it) to Indy, and I will throw her a helluva bachelorette party.
Oh, and just for those old-timers who remember me...... I no longer date any American women.
Later all.
Sir_Chancealot.
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.
Her twist tie is being sized down to her size 4.5 finger as we speak.Originally posted by Bonhomme
Have you picked out a good twist tie for the lucky gal yet?
Originally posted by Bonhomme
Have you picked out a good twist tie for the lucky gal yet?
We have matching twist ties now.Originally posted by penkitten
hey dont i get any credit for picking out a good twist tie for him too?
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.