She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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.
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.
Oh crap. My wife exhibits all of these traits... and I avoid a lot of minor conflicts with her because of the way she handles things.DavenJuan said:Drama: any topic, discussion, scenerio, idea blown out of proportion to actual reality.
ways to reailze you are being a drama queen/causing drama..
if 15 minutes later you realize that whatever you were upset about was not as important or relevant to anything its considered DRAMA.
if you hate every single women that your bf/husband knows including his mother thats considered DRAMA
if your bf/husband avoids minor conflicts with you because of the way you handle things thats considered DRAMA
so how to avoid this..
FACTS UNKOWN.
there is no cure just medicine to minimize the damage...
SPIN PLATES
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Took 9 replies, but at least someone got there.Warrior74 said:Your a woman. you already know what drama is. Stop playing games. And yall so called DJs on here...why are you even anwsering this crap?.
Commando said:I liked what Nobody said. It kind of puts things into perspective, no?
Relationship Drama.
Spinning plates and keeping your significant other off balance on purpose, or tending to back ups. The genuine man or woman with a shread of self confidence is going to bail upon realizing this.
Taking the ****y and funny thing too far. Enough to emotionally wound the other. When you cross that line, and you enjoy doing so, and they go for it. You are dealing with an insecurity. Tread carefully. I would recommend treading backwards for either.
Seek a healthy core of being and then attract a healthy partner. In that order.
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.
Commando said:Seek a healthy core of being and then attract a healthy partner. In that order.
Tell me about it.( . )( . ) said:Took 9 replies, but at least someone got there.
any behavior that is meant to evoke an emotional response with no relevance to resolving the issue at hand is DRAMA.kathy said:Ok men help us women to understand please. What things do you consider to be drama and what tips can you give us to not fall into this?
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.