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.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
Tough call, and a number of questions must be answered before I make my decision:Was that an AFC thing to do, or a DJ thing to do? Why?
So is it AFC or DJ to have a brain disorder????'Actually, if I remember right, Van Gogh mailed the ear to a prostitute. And he had a brain disorder, which might have had something to do with it.
Answer that question, and the mysteries of this site will stand revealed to you.Originally posted by Kaine
So is it AFC or DJ to have a brain disorder????'
I have a brain disorder and I'm not in pulling the chicks. I guess it's AFC to have a brain disorderOriginally posted by Giovanni Casanova
Answer that question, and the mysteries of this site will stand revealed to you.
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.
wow u redeem yourselfOriginally posted by Marcopolo
Actually, it depends on the specific brain disorder. Generally speaking, people with APD or NPD (sociopaths) are top PUA's. So good in fact that they can be abusive and the women will stay with them, and some of them are even so good they can con women out of their life savings. Ted Bundy is another excellent example of a psychopath with top notch PUA skills. Of course, he used his skills to strangle women to death instead of to sleep with them like a normal PUA would.
Hmmmm... That sounds fun.Of course, he used his skills to strangle women to death instead of to sleep with them like a normal PUA would.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
I am such an AFC. Now does me agreeing with your statement make me AFC or DJ?Originally posted by m4a1
A true DJ doesn't contemplate if something is DJ or AFC, and the fact that Giovanni Casanova made this topic shows that he's AFC, and if you disagree with this statement, then you're also AFC, no doubt.
Read the bible.
It makes you an rAFC. lol.I am such an AFC. Now does me agreeing with your statement make me AFC or DJ?
Thank God. I'm recovering.Originally posted by m4a1
It makes you an rAFC. lol.
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.