HappyHobo
Banned
DJ's from Texas please report here.
Thank You.
Thank You.
"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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"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.
HappyHobo
Banned
Yo
Dallas is huge where in dallas?
Dallas is huge where in dallas?
seulaxplaya
Don Juan
san antonio and austin
st eds college in austin and im from san antonio but living in austin.
st eds college in austin and im from san antonio but living in austin.
"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.
HappyHobo
Banned
fun
ever been clubbing down on 6th st.
in downtown austin?
ever been clubbing down on 6th st.
in downtown austin?
seulaxplaya
Don Juan
happy hobo
been a couple of times. but like i cant drink legally at clubs i just do the college party thing for now.
been a couple of times. but like i cant drink legally at clubs i just do the college party thing for now.
Nates
Don Juan
san anto vato reporting for duty sir
hell yeah, hey any yall from san anto holla at me we can chill go out and holla at some chicks make bets on how many numbers we can get and stuff i think it will boost some of us shy don juans into some kind of talk with chicks holla if you in san anto or even from here. ..
right on suelaxplaya . .. .
hell yeah, hey any yall from san anto holla at me we can chill go out and holla at some chicks make bets on how many numbers we can get and stuff i think it will boost some of us shy don juans into some kind of talk with chicks holla if you in san anto or even from here. ..
right on suelaxplaya . .. .
much2learn
Don Juan
College Station, Texas A&M
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
Mercury21
Don Juan
I'm from Dallas: Plano area but I am all over, usually in Downtown or North Dallas/Uptown area.
Anybody want to meet up give me a shout. Just a note, I am over 21 and the places I go are all over 21 places...
Anybody want to meet up give me a shout. Just a note, I am over 21 and the places I go are all over 21 places...
"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.
project2501
Don Juan
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Denton, TX here