"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.

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the roommate: ad nausum...

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So, I think me and my roommate are a couple now. We're having sex regularly, and can't keep our hands off of each other. She still seems a little weird about other people knowing about us, but that didn't stop us from ****ing in the living room while the other roommates were in the next room over watching a movie. Everything seems cool.

But last night she threw me a curve. We went over to a friends house, and on the way she said that she wished she hadn't given me a hicky the night before, because she knew everyone would say something. I said, "Who cares if they do?". Sure enough, when we got there, somebody noticed and made a comment, and both of us got awkward fast.

I wasn't feeling good at all last night, so I was quiet, and she interpreted it as me being "bltchy". We had a couple of arguments, and we kinda kept our distance from one another.

The biggest problem though, was that one of her friends was there, and I had a week-long fling, or whatever you want to call it, with this girl a few years ago. I have ZERO interest in this girl. None! But my roommate still gets jealous.

This other girl is obnoxious. Like, throws stuff, talks about farting, laughs when somebody is having a serious coversation, obnoxious. I can't stand her. When she left my mood must have lifted a little, and I became more social. My roommate told me she thinks I'm only pretending to not like this other girl, and wouldn't believe me when I said I couldn't stand her. Probably because she sent me a comment on myspace about how she misses hanging out with me. We argued about it in the car, and she said that since we had a "relationship" in the past, that I might still have feelings for her (not that I ever did in the first place). Then she told me to just forget about it.

The rest of the car ride was dead silent. I brought it up again when we got home, but again she told me to forget about it. She told me she had to get up early today to hang out with her mom, gave me a hug and a peck on the cheek, then went to bed.

I ran into her before she left this morning, and she asked me how I slept last night, which was a weird question coming from her. I was still kinda groggy, and didn't say much, so she pinched my arm and laughed to get my attention. I pretty much ignored her until she left.

So I don't know what to think about this issue with the other girl. I don't know if she doesn't trust me, or if she's having second thoughts about us, and she's using it as an excuse not to like me, or if it's her way of bringing the idea of exclusivity to the table.

Oh, and she deleted her match.com profile, or she has it hidden. Either way...
 

"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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Sounds like she's just a little insecure about you being around the girl you hooked up with in the past. Don't worry about it, it's not a big deal. Or, at least, you haven't done anything wrong, that is.
 

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I don't know man. She's acting weird. Last night she was really cool early on, but by the end of the night she was being distant. Told me she didn't want to be touched, and was tired. Then when we got home she spent like an hour looking at clothing on the internet.

Today she was happy earlier, now she's distant again. I came home from work, and she was cold towards me. A 180 compared to how she was before I left.

And she's been talking about kids alot. Today she mentioned a dream she had last night, about having a baby.
 

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Women are jealous creatures. You could introduce your girl to a chick you kissed in second grade and she'd start getting jealous. Don't pay any mind to it. It just means her IL is high.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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That was a couple weeks ago.

She's still being weird. When I came home from the gym tonight, she was still up watching TV. I sat down with her (mostly waiting for her to go to bed so I could play GTAIV), and she started playing footsy with my leg. So I started rubbing her feet, and her legs, but she used her hand as a makeshift shield between her thighs. When she moved her hand, I must have brushed against it, because she sat up and was all, "I gotta go to bed!". She got up, pulled down her pants a little to show me her ass, and walked away. I said something about not getting a hug, so she gave me one, then went straight to bed.

Tomorrow we're going to her parents. I'm curious as to how she's going to act around them with me around.
 
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