"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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Running into past "one-itis" and laughing that I was ever interested

altec

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Anyone have stories to share about seeing a one-itis/past girl that you had a crush one/etc many years later. In particular, in regards to girl that nothing ever happened with.

I had this thing for this girl I met through work. She was like a client but she was more a client of one of our customers so I had a passing interaction with her. I ended up giving her some advice on some work related things and got to talking to her more, got her number/etc. I remember calling her and leaving her a voicemail ages back and her never calling me back. It took me a little while to get over her because I was always thinking "wtf, why didn't she call me back".

So, this was probably 6 or 7 years ago. Recently, at my gym I saw this girl that looked familiar. The second time I saw her I realized who it was, it was her. I was not attracted to her at ALL though. Like, I don' t think she had changed that much but I started feeling like this girl was like the ugly sister of the previous girl. Maybe it is because I am more interested in girls now that were her age 6 or 7 years ago.

Funny how time can change ones views on someone.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

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.

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Had a thing for a girl in college who had a BF, looking back I'm confident if I had made a move she'd have cheated on him in a second. But anyways I saw her a few weeks ago. Haven't really had any contact with her in about 7 years. She's a whale. Doesn't even look like the same person. Cant believe I ever had a thing for her.
 

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Girl who I had a "crush" (gay, hurts just typing that word) in high school...is actually still in my friend circle. We actually were into each other for a bit but she went crawling back to an ex boyfriend. Now....every time I introduce her to a new girl, she gives us both the "evil eye".

Couple hours later and I always hear this from the new girl I bring around:

HB: I dont like your friend "xyz", she seems like a b1tch

*meanwhile they never even had a conversation*


Just goes to show that women are better COVERT COMMUNICATORS and thats why body language is so important. But its funny to see how she still is obviously attracted to me and hold nothing back in the jealousy department....its getting quite old though to be honest.
 

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Girl I dated for 1.5 years about 10 years ago. Was ready to marry her and not look back. Head over heels for this girl. Around 5'5" and 110 pounds. GREAT body. Out of the blue she met a guy where she works and left me for him. I was devastated. Took me well over a year to fully recover. I still get shivers from how bad off I was haha.

Saw some pics a while ago on her facebook. I had not seen her or any of her pics in 8 years. She is now fat and I would not look twice at her. Amazing how much she had changed. What a break that was getting dumped by her haha.
 

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Banged one of the girls I lived with in university.....solid 8....fast forward 20 years...run into her...3 kids...she looked like she swallowed an elephant....now shes a 0/10....it was amazing.....the destruction.

The horror, the horror, the wh0re...
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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If you are in your 20´s or early 30s. And if you take care of yourself, although you may show a few signs of aging, in 10 years time you can look pretty much the same or better.

Any women in her 20s (either early or late) in 3/4 years from now, despite what she does (ignoring the few with good genes), she´ll look much worse.. And you won´t be half attracted since we are looks obsessed.

That´s why it happens a lot to guys, the situation the OP is describing. The girl that makes you lose your sleep now, it will be a fat pig very shortly... or anorexic skinny.... there´s no middle..
 
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