"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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Turning 30

kingwilliam

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I am turning 30 tommorrow.......why am I feeling weird??? ha ha ha ha

My life is pretty good......good job......great friends..........

I am still single...is that a good thing??? I think so.





Anyone have any thoughts, stories, questions, advice, jokes about turning 30??
 

"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.

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Uh I'm still doing the same **** at 32 as I was at 21. Nothings changed except how much money I have. Girls will still blow you in the parking lot.
 

Victory Unlimited

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Any Birthday that you spend ABOVE GROUND, and HEALTHY, is a "good" day.

ENJOY yourself tomorrow...and "self-reflect" the day AFTER.


That's an ORDER!!!!:)
 

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kingwilliam said:
I am turning 30 tommorrow.......why am I feeling weird??? ha ha ha ha

My life is pretty good......good job......great friends..........

I am still single...is that a good thing??? I think so.

Anyone have any thoughts, stories, questions, advice, jokes about turning 30??
you're feeling wierd cuz you are still plugged in to the matrix - i know i know, everyone is sick of hearing about the matrix, but thats how it is.

when we are young we think that life will 'begin' when we are 'older' and 'adults' and have 'jobs' and a 'house'.

so as we get older and we discover that - WTF, life doesn't 'feel' much different than it ever did - we get this 'wierd' feeling of 'what the heck is going on?!"

VU hits the nail on the head - every day above ground is a good day! this is why some of the happiest people in the world are senior citizens, because they are just thankful they woke up! they have 'unplugged' from the matrix - they are chasing after status, or money, or women (well not in a needy way anyway), they aren't thinking about whether they are a success or failure.

they are just happy they took a sh*t this mornign and get to play lawn bowling later on.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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It gets better in your 30's. Trust me.

All of your life experiences in your 20's makes things SO much easier in your 30's.

You are wiser.
 

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Hey Happy Birthday!

What ever you do, don't go looking at new trucks. When I turned 30, I was still plugged into the matrix big time, and was feeling like sh!t for getting older.

I went to look at new trucks to compensate, and almost bought some huge 40K truck that I didn't need. :)

The sooner a person realizes that life just keeps getting d@mn better every single day you get older, the better off you are.

Enjoy the first day of the rest of your life.
 

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It's all over dude, might as well forget about life as you know it :(

Seriously though....what's with the turning 30 "crisis"?

I guess I thought about it for a second when I hit 30, but I don't remember it being a big deal.

When I was about 25 my dad told me that your 30's are the best time of your life. I couldn't have really imagined that back then, but so far he was right. When I hit 40 lets hope he was about a decade early :)
 

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My old man bought me a 3 pack of Rollaids for the big 3-0.

What concerns me is that I'm actually using them....
 

"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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kingwilliam

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Mr.Positive said:
Hey Happy Birthday!

What ever you do, don't go looking at new trucks. When I turned 30, I was still plugged into the matrix big time, and was feeling like sh!t for getting older.

I went to look at new trucks to compensate, and almost bought some huge 40K truck that I didn't need. :)

The sooner a person realizes that life just keeps getting d@mn better every single day you get older, the better off you are.

Enjoy the first day of the rest of your life.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha I just bought a truck a couple of months ago! :rockon:
 
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