Paintballguy
Master Don Juan
so ive been in a ltr for over a year now. yesterday, she was like "i dont feel the same about us emotionally". what the hell is the translation on that one? should i cut bait and go?
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.
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.
She's telling you that she's losing interest. Though there may be a secret meaning that a more experienced guy here can delve into.Paintballguy said:so ive been in a ltr for over a year now. yesterday, she was like "i dont feel the same about us emotionally". what the hell is the translation on that one? should i cut bait and go?
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.
"Remember the way I used to feel about you a few months ago when we first started going out? I feel that way for someone new now and don't have the decency and common courtesy to let you know... so, I'm going to beat around the bush enough... just enough to give you a while to go post about it on an internet forum although I'm already sure you have figured out that this relationship ended a while ago. Now, once you figure it out, please dump me but stick around just in case this new branch doesn't work out. I promise that once you dump me, I will do my best to act surprised and almost hurt about this."Paintballguy said:so ive been in a ltr for over a year now. yesterday, she was like "i dont feel the same about us emotionally". what the hell is the translation on that one? should i cut bait and go?
Hahaha! There it is.Kailex said:"Remember the way I used to feel about you a few months ago when we first started going out? I feel that way for someone new now and don't have the decency and common courtesy to let you know... so, I'm going to beat around the bush enough... just enough to give you a while to go post about it on an internet forum although I'm already sure you have figured out that this relationship ended a while ago. Now, once you figure it out, please dump me but stick around just in case this new branch doesn't work out. I promise that once you dump me, I will do my best to act surprised and almost hurt about this."
i really dont care man. i was getting the itch to be single again anyways.Korrupt said:Hahaha! There it is.
Did not mean to laugh at OP's misfortune.
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.
been there, done that and got the t shirt lolMegaman XIV said:But to the OP, just move on.
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.