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.
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.
Try Politicians, most of who are male.DJnoob said:Would u guys say? Have you guys met any hardcore liars? Their lies could drag you down to their world..
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.
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.
You forget AFCdom is the ultimate lie. Men are not as nice nor as giving as they portray.SgtSplacker said:Female deception exists in several layers.
Makeup
Plastic Surgery
(all essentially lies, just like giving yourself fake pecs)
What she says she wants, is never what she really wants. (i'm looking for a nice guy...)
Relationship lies. (he's just a friend...)
Straight up lies (i'm going out with the girls tonight...)
djgirl said:hehehe, yes women do lie BUT wait a minute....Men are innocent? dont think so....Ive had tons of guys feed me bullsh1t stories to impress me or get in my panties....We all lie no escaping it, male or female
Would I be a liar if I said you had a perfect grasp of English grammar and punctuation?djgirl said:hehehe, yes women do lie BUT wait a minute....Men are innocent? dont think so....Ive had tons of guys feed me bullsh1t stories to impress me or get in my panties....We all lie no escaping it, male or female
hehehe thank youperseverance said:Would I be a liar if I said you had a perfect grasp of English grammar and punctuation?
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.
Thank you!!JohnChops said:women lie... men lie.... yogotti. But seriously everyone lies, some people do it more than others. It not gender dependent.
Not according to all the bitter men and women in the world, who blame others for their own misfortune in life and who have a couple of bad incidents with the opposite sex and then hurl out all of the old gender stereotypes about.JohnChops said:women lie... men lie.... yogotti. But seriously everyone lies, some people do it more than others. It not gender dependent.
sure like those people have never lied before in their life ... *sarcasmperseverance said:Not according to all the bitter men and women in the world, who blame others for their own misfortune in life and who have a couple of bad incidents with the opposite sex and then hurl out all of the old gender stereotypes about.
We all lie from time to time, it's those who harp on about liars the most who are usually some of the biggest liars themselves.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.