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.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
You and Ruckus are the parasites.donjuanjovi said:I agree. It would be more accurate to call it a parasite.
Because they're mindless, little fags, who thinks it's cool to say gross shyt while hidning behind a computer.JLW said:How can you call a BABY a "parasite" or "cancer"? IT'S A ****IN HUMAN BEING
I wouldnt run a mile. You have to take responsibility in life.The_Reaper said:Raise the kid - take "responsibility"?
Run a mile?
Discuss if she would consider an abortion?
(My GF is not pregnant but the fear of it happening is always on the back of my mind, though I always use condoms, no exceptions)
Discuss.
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.
There are good women out there. Just go and find yourself one. A woman in love will do a lot for you, from your post I'd say you have yet to exerience this.Lol yeah okay. I feel what you are saying, but this is 2007 not 1937. Women are not submissive, supportive, kind, caring, anymore, at least not most of them. You better lose that "Be A Father" crap and learn how to pull out fast, and if you get a chick pregnant PUSH PUSH PUSH for the abortion. Push hard as fvck.
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.
yes. cool uh?Ask yourself this question Blusher. If you were stuck 100 miles out and it's 4 in the morning, it's a snow blizzard outside, would that chick come and pick you up?
Dude. You're all forgetting a great alternative...The_Reaper said:Raise the kid - take "responsibility"?
Run a mile?
Discuss if she would consider an abortion?
(My GF is not pregnant but the fear of it happening is always on the back of my mind, though I always use condoms, no exceptions)
Discuss.
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.
Or just get a vasectomy.PheonixUK said:I am quite scared of this happening
Perhaps I should date someone more liberal
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.