"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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to call or not to call

Euthyphro

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i dated a woman for a while and it didn't work b/c she was emot unavail and b/c of a misunderstanding we had. Recently I emailed her an apology for my part of things and she replied with an explanation of herself and that it would be nice to hear how I am doing. I replied a few days ago and have yet to hear back from her. I am driving through the town she lives in in a few days and thought it would be nice to see her and touch base personally. My question is whether it is okay to call and ask her to get together again for a coffee or something?
 

"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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Chrispy

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Originally posted by Euthyphro
i dated a woman for a while and it didn't work b/c she was emot unavail and b/c of a misunderstanding we had. Recently I emailed her an apology for my part of things and she replied with an explanation of herself and that it would be nice to hear how I am doing. I replied a few days ago and have yet to hear back from her. I am driving through the town she lives in in a few days and thought it would be nice to see her and touch base personally. My question is whether it is okay to call and ask her to get together again for a coffee or something?
Sure, why not? A coffee would be a perfect face to face way to catch up and to pick up where you left off (sans misunderstanding) and to find out what is new.
 

DJArlington

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give her a ring, you have absolutely nothing to lose. if she doesn't ring you back, then move on right away and find a new girl to talk to. in fact, talk to a few girls at once all the time.
 
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