"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

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.

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Women lament men who "hatfish"

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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Balding men who don’t go on finasteride are committing SMV suicide
 

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Double standards are bad for everyone, yet you can clearly see no one wants to show obvious flaws or a side of their body that bugs them.

Authenticity is key. Especially for the long-term, for the short-term not as much if goals are aligned that way.

I would want to screen out a person who didn't accept me for who I was. I.e. not over 6 foot or hitting some checkbox item on her dating wish list.
 

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Double standards are bad for everyone, yet you can clearly see no one wants to show obvious flaws or a side of their body that bugs them.

Authenticity is key. Especially for the long-term, for the short-term not as much if goals are aligned that way.

I would want to screen out a person who didn't accept me for who I was. I.e. not over 6 foot or hitting some checkbox item on her dating wish list.
Where are the double standards? Both genders hate those who catfish.

Totally agree with you on authenticity. Why would you want a girl to be attracted to a fake version of yourself?
 

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"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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I had to read this thread to find out was "hatfishing" was.

I still can't figure out why all country music singers wear cowboy hats, that's always puzzled me.
 

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I’m bald at the crown, but have a fairly normal (not receding) hairline in the front. So an online front pic of me could (arguably) be a bit deceiving, but it’s not like I’m purposely going to photograph the top back of my head and label it Pic #2.

That would be weird lol.
 

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Where are the double standards?
Perhaps that's the wrong word. Just saying no one likes pictures that are deceiving. For example, I talked about being deceived on a recent Bumble date. Her pictures mostly showed her face and from above. When I met her in person, while she did have the cute face, she did have huge arms and a giant outward ring-shaped waste.
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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So on one of my situations I'm looking at. 28 years old guy 23 years old lady. They married. No kids though. She's outta work for 6 months for something medical. She refused to help out around the house, cook or anything else to take a load off him. She feels like it means she's a "slave". . Nevermind that her man is SLAVING 60+ hours a week to bring money in the house with zero support. She's also getting depressed fro. Sleeping all day.

His sex is also shut down.

I pointed out that she could simply help out, do her part to support her man. That she'd become empowered and feel better from not being a leech....

Boy...
 

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Once again online dating is a haven for women to judge the f*ck out of you.
The are looking for literally ANYTHING to find you unattractive. You could have lint on your shirt and she would write you off.
Quit wasting your time with shallow women.
 

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Once again online dating is a haven for women to judge the f*ck out of you.
The are looking for literally ANYTHING to find you unattractive. You could have lint on your shirt and she would write you off.
Quit wasting your time with shallow women.
The alternative being hookers or mgtow monk mode. Pick your poison.

There's no monogamy. Its not reality. I'll hook up casually but, that is it. No cohabitation. No marriage. Its not happening.

Hedonism and a life of debauchery ftw
 

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Perhaps that's the wrong word. Just saying no one likes pictures that are deceiving. For example, I talked about being deceived on a recent Bumble date. Her pictures mostly showed her face and from above. When I met her in person, while she did have the cute face, she did have huge arms and a giant outward ring-shaped waste.
School boy error.

Snap chat ftw
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

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.

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What kind of hairstyle do you rock? Buzzed, shaved, or just cut short?
Short and spiked but I typically would wear a hat backwards on dates and my success rate actually went up significantly when I started doing it
 

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I'm bald and it doesn't seem to affect me, at least I don't notice it. When I went out last week I had a random chick with her boyfriend squeeze my face, number closed another chick who literally turned around and stared at me (creeped me out) after that went upstairs and had a girl say I have a pretty face and all the guys (mostly with hair) were ugly. The chick who squeezed my face was cute. Chick upstairs was chubby, but had a cute face and the chick downstairs was a HB 5. Not going to sit here and lie, I did have a hat on though. I do have the bald head shape, im ethnically mixed and when I did have hair it was kept to a short bald fade....so if it did affect my SMV it would be like .2. Had a chick say I would look overrated with hair
 

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And I am chubby right now, but my advice for bald dudes and myself get chiseled!
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

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.

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