MatureDJ
Master Don Juan
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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.
Yep, a typical BMW (b1tch, moaner & winer) other than the very last line. "Brothers, chose wisely ?" Yeah, what's the deal with ending that statement with a question mark?bigjohnson said:This is a pretty well known quantity by now isn't it?
For what it's worth the author does a lot of bellyaching about things that are the mans job to deal with, whereas I think he(we) should more worry about women not carrying their portion. I have no issue earning for "us", but there is a list of things *she* is supposed to do as well, and she'd better be wiling to do them.
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.
I think the site's information is false, the divorce rate is much higher and that's not taking into account the unhappily married. Just looking at my immediate family and coworkers over 30, the stats are a lot bleaker than you think.tj said:After a quick search this is what I found on divorce stats..for what ever its worth
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/divorce.htm
Yeah, I wouldn't use a site like that for statistics. "Marriages have a 50/50 chance of working!" No sh1t Sherlock, they either work, or they don't! There's nothing else that could happen, DUH!MR_PERFECT said:I think the site's information is false, the divorce rate is much higher and that's not taking into account the unhappily married. Just looking at my immediate family and coworkers over 30, the stats are a lot bleaker than you think.
Francisco d'Anconia said:Yeah, I wouldn't use a site like that for statistics. "Marriages have a 50/50 chance of working!" No sh1t Sherlock, they either work, or they don't! There's nothing else that could happen, DUH!
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.
Adam007 said:Society automatically paints a stereotype on men who hesitate, delay, or elect not to marry. They are labelled as:
a) womanizers who are unable to participate in a long term relationship, or
b) Selfish/childish/irresponsible men who can not take care of themselves or another person.
No other explanation is ever explored.
People put way too much weight on what "society" thinks. Society is messed up as a whole. Look at the statistics that are referenced, they're based on society. Why worry about what a group of people who's lives are generally screwed up think about how you live your lives? They are more than likely in the state they are in because they were worried about what society felt about them.Adam007 said:...Society automatically paints a stereotype on men who hesitate, delay, or elect not to marry. They are labelled as:
a) womanizers who are unable to participate in a long term relationship, or
b) Selfish/childish/irresponsible men who can not take care of themselves or another person.
No other explanation is ever explored.
You don't think your better than at least 70% of your fellow men? I feel sorry for you brother. Why wouldn't you want to be in the top percentile?bsthatcher said:I suspect you won't find it in azanon either, a hawty lad who thinks he's superior to at least 70% of his fellow men.