"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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Screwed up...need some help

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So I started talking to this girl around May of this year, and got her number. I thought I was in, but then I messed it up by texting her way too much, and so the attraction kind of faded and she stopped responding to my texts at around June.

So school started again in august, and after meeting her after school, we started talking again, and texting regularly, even giving her hugs and going out of my way to try and talk to her. Then it seemed like the interest faded again after she walked past me one day, and I always had to initiate conversation. So I said **** it and started taking my attention away from her, not talking to her basically, then one day she started talking to me again, asking me why I didn't say hi to her that day, and we flirted and hugged.

So after putting on some phone game and having pretty long conversations with her, I decided to ask her out, and got my dreams shattered as she said she was interested in someone else, so I didn't sweat, and said alright cool. My goal was to cut off contact, but my touchscreen ended up calling her by mistake, so I sent her a text explaining why she got called and never got a reply back, and now when she sees me she ignores me (I haven't tried to initiate contact since the rejection).

How do I go about recovering?
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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PDubb75

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pj72394 said:
How do I go about recovering?
You find a new girl.

Let me put this in clearer words from someone outside the situation:

You got a girl's number and things started off well. Then they went downhill. You realized that the downfall was from too much contact over the phone/text. After a break, you start talking again. You go back to talking too much and giving her too much attention, which you admit was your initial problem. Same thing happens, and she stops talking to you.

Then you go No Contact, and she starts talking to you again. You jump right back into the same old plan, which made her ignore you twice already.

Time to cut your losses and move on. Look back at your story and key in on what the issue was each time: "texting her way too much", "texting regularly", "pretty long phone conversations"...

Next time, keep the texting/phone calls to a minimum, and get out on a date.
 

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I'm sorry, but I think it's a lost cause with her.

Initially, you might have had a chance to date her, but you waited too long. Even when you got back in touch, you were bordering on friendzone.

Finally, while I'm glad you had the b*lls to ask her out, it was too late. She was interested in someone else. Then, she got uncomfortable still being friends with you while it's clear that you want her. I know you dialed her by accident and meant well by trying to explain yourself by texting her. But that just made her MORE uncomfortable. While you meant no harm, she read it as a guy (she's not interested in) getting too clingly.

Don't call or text her anymore. If you run into her in person, you can say hi, but keep it to an absolute minimum. Go after other girls.
 

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Alright thanks, gonna pursue some new avenues and never get a touchphone again lol.
 

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she is probably a sunshine girl: huge flirt, but never actually commits
gotta watch out for them
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

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.

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