That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
Oh man, I would have TOTALLY embarrassed the old b!tch at that point. When she said that you were older than your date, you should have been like "not as old as you, grandma" with a good-natured laugh. That would have shut her right up.Mike32ct said:By a 50 yo woman.
I was 34. My date was a 20 something from online. We were at a bar. This older lady started talking to us, actually her and largely ignoring me. My date continued to talk to her to be polite.
Then the old bytch said to me loudly (in front of my date), "You're OLDER THAN HER!" I'm like "yeah?"
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
Agreed. I wouldn't put up with that shyte today, but I was a chump then lol. But regardless, it IS disrespect.Bokanovsky said:Oh man, I would have TOTALLY embarrassed the old b!tch at that point. When she said that you were older than your date, you should have been like "not as old as you, grandma" with a good-natured laugh. That would have shut her right up.
Once, I was at a bar with my date and there were two drunk dykes sitting next to us who started to inject themselves in our conversation. They told my date that she looked gorgeous and told me that I looked like I was "really into my date" (clearly a back-handed compliment). I largely ignored them and at one point told one the dykes that she should get more drinks (she was already drunk as fvck).
I had another situation where some swarthy-looking Starbucks "barrista" tried to flirt with my date right in front of me. My date made a comment about wanting something simple (as opposed to your typical 17 ingredient Starbucks latte) and he just exploded with verbal diarrhoea, mouthing some nonsense about how "the best things in life are simple" while totally ignoring me and not taking my order. I interrupted him in mid-sentence and told him that I wanted a tea. Then, as a joke, I asked him if that was simple enough for him. My date actually laughed at that.
Bottom line, c0ck-blocking is an extreme form of disrespect and you should not tolerate it (unless it's a girl that you've just met and she's with a group of friends, in which case there isn't much you can do).
Wow. What a b!tch. What was her problem? Did she know you or something? Maybe she had it out for you.Mike32ct said:By a 50 yo woman.
I was 34. My date was a 20 something from online. We were at a bar. This older lady started talking to us, actually her and largely ignoring me. My date continued to talk to her to be polite.
Then the old bytch said to me loudly (in front of my date), "You're OLDER THAN HER!" I'm like "yeah?"
She pulls my date aside and talks to her for like a half hour. This old bytch ignores HER date who is about ten years younger than her btw.
I finished up my drink and left all of them. Even the bartender guy whispered to me as I left, "What's up with that old kunt lol?"
My date tried to text me later to see what happened. I was texting my buddy at the time to share this F-ed up story. I texted, "Are you still up?" I sent it to my date by mistake lol. She must have thought it was another plate booty text haha. She got pissed off and never spoke to me again.
I never bothered with much younger women after that. Too much age drama.
No, it was my first time at that bar. We absolutely did not know each other.El Payaso said:Wow. What a b!tch. What was her problem? Did she know you or something? Maybe she had it out for you.
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.