You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
When you go ghost, you log onto your cell phone provider's website and type her phone number into the blocked numbers list. I know for a fact that Verizon has this, and I'm sure most others do too.tryst type said:What do you guys generally do when you go ghost and she contacts you again? This hasn't happened with this particular girl but in the past it has when I go no contact and I sense they're just looking to get a response to regain control. Do you just never respond?
Yep^^^^Buddha_Mind said:What a condescending cvnt.
"you'll find your match"...
Dude delete this number go NC this one is vile and evil
tryst type said:"I think you are wonderfully handsome and fun and while we both aspire for similar things, I think we're in very different chapters of our lives. My personality is too serious for yours. I have fun when appropriate while maintaining seriousness for life goals. I wouldn't mind maintaining a friendship with you"
My response: "K"
Her: "you'll find your match"
Me: "idk I might be too fun for girls![]()
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She's pretty much alluring to the fact that my current job is "whatever" as I'm a laborer at a local warehouse. Oh girlsss so predictable at times.
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.
That is some fvcked up sh1t. Sort of reminds me of another study someone told me about: They took a professional violinist (who had sold out a major auditorium the night before) and put him on the street (playing the same songs) and only a handful of people even stopped to listen or give him change (people paid $xx+ for tickets the night before).Nutz said:In the Science of Sex Appeal show they dabbled with this by taking pictures of the the men and circulating them on the sidewalk soliciting women for their opinion of the men's looks on a scale of 1 to 10. They did it a second time and also included fake jobs & incomes. The second time around the best looking guy who was then listed with a crappy job & income dropped several points, and the previously lowest rated man who they put down was an executive making over $300,000 was then viewed as the hottest of the bunch.
I'm in IT and it's the same exact thing. I suspect is the same for all the male-dominated fields. The women who want to be there are likely the high-testosterone types.Xenon said:You dodged a bullet. I am a scientist myself, and I would not date any of the women I associate with. They act more like some of the men I work with and, while some are physically attractive, make you want to gouge your eyes out.
I came back from a VAR conference, these Cisco women want to dominate the sh!t out of you.Nutz said:I'm in IT and it's the same exact thing. I suspect is the same for all the male-dominated fields. The women who want to be there are likely the high-testosterone types.