"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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thederekeffect1

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The following has nothing to do with my sex life, because well, my sex life is pretty much dead. Also, I've decided that I will not be handing out advice until I get my **** together and start growing some serious balls. I'm talking about contracting elephantiasis here, people. Anyway, this post has nothing to do with big balls. Not in that way, anyway.

Basically, here's a short conversation with an ex-girlfriend of mine. Well, not so much an ex-girlfriend as a FB without the "F". We were an on and off couple who didn't have sex because I respected her decision to wait since she was a virgin, okay? Long story short, I broke up with her about four months ago, because I was tired of being the guy that she kept running back to when she decided the other guys were a bunch of losers. It was either we stop beating around the bush and call this thing official or I wanted nothing to do with her... Even a **** would have been nice, christ. She was still unsure what she wanted, so I completely dropped her until recently.

Well, basically, here's a short clip from our conversation via Yahoo! IM.

Her: I don't get why you were ever attracted to me.
Me: Are we on that subject, again?
Her: No...
Me: Good
Her: *Sigh*
(She signs off)

Well, it's not getting me laid, but I think that was good.
 

"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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Or Her Mommy Walked Into The Room
 

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chinwaggler said:
sounds like she was upset and you made her more upset
Good. The point of this was not that I wanted to get her back, get f*cked or impress her. The point was that at one time, she would've said something like that and pulled me right back in, because I'd have assumed there was a chance for this to go somewhere other then makeout and ass grabbing sessions. Instead, I grew some balls and in so many words, told her no. We're not going down that route, again.
 

"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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Avoid exgfs, they're bad news. There's a huge X infront of them for a reason.
 

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thederekeffect1 said:
Good. The point of this was not that I wanted to get her back, get f*cked or impress her. The point was that at one time, she would've said something like that and pulled me right back in, because I'd have assumed there was a chance for this to go somewhere other then makeout and ass grabbing sessions. Instead, I grew some balls and in so many words, told her no. We're not going down that route, again.
I see your point but she is still human. But yea I get what you mean.
 
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