"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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Songs/videoclips encouraging supplication

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Just wondering what thoughts enter your mind when you watch something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk

Do you think to yourself: "Boy, this just plays right into that whole cultural trend to supplicate to women...What a SHAME!!"

Or do you think to yourself: "Nice song, let there be love! :)"


A penny for your thoughts, gentlemen!
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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Die Hard said:
Just wondering what thoughts enter your mind when you watch something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk

Do you think to yourself: "Boy, this just plays right into that whole cultural trend to supplicate to women...What a SHAME!!"

Or do you think to yourself: "Nice song, let there be love! :)"


A penny for your thoughts, gentlemen!

What do I think?
RnB and most music cater to women's fantasies. I think the problem becomes when men and women believe the fantasy to be the ideal for reality. Thinking this is supplication or just love is like thinking harlequin romance novels are anti male propaganda or history books. None of it makes sense nor is it in anyway reality. Its just to cater to a woman's emotional mood.

Music is a tool to alter mood and to pass time in an enjoyable way. Entertainment. That's what I think. Believing lyrics is the worst thing a man can do when it comes to love songs.
 

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why are songs not played on the radio where WOMEN sing about how much they love the man they are with and how much they love them just the way they are?

Because all I ever hear is negativity towards men in mostly every song on the radio by women.
 

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I love the comments on the video:

THIS IS SO SWEET!!!! Why can't guys be like this in real life?? *sigh* :(
like if you agree with me. :)

by "Whale Lover", lol.


Then we have this one, possibly written by one of us:

"If i hear grenade one more time im going to write a song about eating a brick of C-4 for my woman.

Now that's the spirit! :yes:
 

"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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