"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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De La Soul

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I say never be complete. I say stop being perfect. I say let's evolve. Let the chips fall where they may. - Tyler Durden

Many of you, reading this now, are searching for completeness, or perfection. Looking for that foolproof plan to get you laid, to get you a girlfriend, or to become Mr. Popular. If any of these are you, you need to wake up and realise that there are no foolproof plans. Nothing can guarantee you of a girlfriend, of getting laid, or of becoming popular. Nothing. Agreed?

So why the obsession with completeness, with finding fail-safe methods?? Lesson number one, is that there is no such thing as perfection, and that only you can bring happiness into your life.

I dont want to die without any scars. - Tyler Durden

The most common way of getting rejected, is the self-rejection. This has already happened to you. It probably happens to you at least five times every day. You see a girl whom you would like to f*ck, it could be at a party, on the street, at a bar, or in a restaurant. And what do you do about it? Sweet f*ck all. Every guy does this.
What's the point of rejecting yourself? It's no fun at all.

I'm not saying approach every hot woman you see, just don't die without any scars. They're some of the things that make life worth living. If you've just come back from a bar/club without scoring (getting a number, getting a kiss, getting laid, or getting some scars) I can tell you why. You've rejected yourself. Let other people inflict your wounds and give you their loving, instead of banging your head against a wall and giving your right hand a work-out.

Stop trying to be perfect! I don't want to die without any scars - do you?
 

"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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good post de la soul, i think thats the main reason everyone comes to this site , fear of rejection, my motto really is simply "u live u learn" when i go out. sure u get get rejected from time to time, but hey thats life. back in my afc days, my main problem was , when i went out 4 a nite, i had the soul idea of 1 woman in my head. I would never enjoy my night as i was to concerned on making an impression on ms x. Problem was i didnt make an attemt at her WHY, fear of rejection neway you have hear all that b4...


damn i dont want scars ethier!


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"people like you are a dime a dozen, people like me only come around once in a lifetime."
 

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BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMP!!!
 

"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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Isn't it interesting how now, 8 years later, people still repeat the same tips over and over again.

It just shows us that there is nothing more to read, nothing more to know. If you have the same feeling, it's time to stop reading and to start fighting!
 

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deserves the bumps.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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