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Master Don Juan
you have been hiding in our linen closet, haha !! busted!!Originally posted by Eternal
I'm sure you two will spend the day getting off...![]()
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.
you have been hiding in our linen closet, haha !! busted!!Originally posted by Eternal
I'm sure you two will spend the day getting off...![]()
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
Wait, no, I just...Erm...Had to clean it out. You know how messy it can get in there...Originally posted by penkitten
you have been hiding in our linen closet, haha !! busted!!
Originally posted by Eternal
Wait, no, I just...Erm...Had to clean it out. You know how messy it can get in there...
*Turns off camera.*
Of course. Who would want a censored version? That'd be like having fat-free lard.Originally posted by penkitten
is that the unsensored version?
hahahahahOriginally posted by Eternal
Of course. Who would want a censored version? That'd be like having fat-free lard.
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.
There was that one back in '92...Originally posted by Vincent
-Dvd Burner
-Tivo or similar tv recorder
-iPod (because my archos sucks balls)
-Banana Republic Sweater
-Clothes, clothes and more clothes
God Penkitten, Gio, and eternal... Can you guys join a thread without derailing it?
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.