"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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Smiling, good or bad?

LikerOfWomen

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I've read a lot of conflicting information on this one.

A lot of the advice I read says to smile a lot.

Some (David DeAngelo for example) say to keep it to a minimum.

It sounds like both approaches can work, but how do I tell which is best for me?

One thing I know is that I'm horrible at smiling on demand. It just looks stupid. I have a decent smile when something happens that I can't help smiling about, but when I try to smile deliberately for a photo or something it just looks stupid. Is this something I should really work on, or can I make the rarely-smiling approach work?
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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check_mate_kid_uk

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David DeAngelo is an idiot, you should smile a lot, if you where really overdoing it you would know. If you cant smile then dont but you can practice in front of the mirror, smiling is good.
 

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What does Mysetery say to do?
 

SDFUandDie

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smile when u want to and dont wen u dont want to.. simple as that.

smiling when your not in the mood is being fake.

you can always get that gel the contestants from the miss america use to hold your smile up ... or was it the butt cream?!?!?!?

:cool:
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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don code

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check mate kid DD is not an idiot and smiling is good in moderation if you smile constantly ou will look like a ****head.
 

AFK Protector

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Would you like a cold ass? Don't you feel warm inside ewhen someone smiles at you? I sure do. Deangelo can go blow his mancocks. Minimum...wtf is he saying. Smile when you greet ppeople and otherwise, just smile whenver you feel like it. There is not rule. A constant smile means you're gay though.
 

check_mate_kid_uk

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some days i smille the whole time, im just happy, many people point out im always smiling, and people are warm about it.

PS: doncode... David DeAngelo IS an idiot
 

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I think De Angelo is trying to get guys to become like James Bond.

He says not to smile but to "smirk" or give half smiles.

It works for him.. I mean I bet he bangs 100s to 1000s of chicks so go Dave.

I really don't understand those people who read only DYD's eBook and become successful. I have read it a few times and have really only helped double my interactions with women. There is so much more I had to learn outside of DYD's stuff to really get it.

Anyway, I am more for being natural and not worrying about anything like smiles as much.
 

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IMO, don't smile (or laugh) if you don't do it very well.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Fatality

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Originally posted by Virtú
IMO, don't smile (or laugh) if you don't do it very well.
How are you supposed to do that? What do you mean do it well?
 

smoke city

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How about this:
What will it say about YOU if you stop smiling because somebody on here TOLD you it isn't good??
 
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