"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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Keeping the connection

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After you guys bang a chick a few times and she starts to get attached, do you continue being the aloof ******* spinning other plates and only using her for sex? I have one plate I am interested in for a possible relationship but don’t want to stop going out with other women. She is starting to get attached to me, what is the best way to play this?
 
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"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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After you guys bang a chick a few times and she starts to get attached, do you continue being the aloof ******* spinning other plates and only using her for sex? I have one plate I am interested in for a possible relationship but don’t want to stop going out with other women. She is starting to get attached to me, what is the best way to play this?
Still see her but make it less often. Don’t have a schedule.
 

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Tell her that before she started to resent you..
 

"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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By asking how to play this you already lost the “game.” You pedestal her such a degree where you need to win her, where she, not you, becomes the sovereignty of your thoughts.

Does a King contemplate how to win his subject or does the subject have the onus to win the King’s good favor?

Change your vantage point and your need to create all these threads about specific women will no longer be.
 

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By asking how to play this you already lost the “game.” You pedestal her such a degree where you need to win her, where she, not you, becomes the sovereignty of your thoughts.

Does a King contemplate how to win his subject or does the subject have the onus to win the King’s good favor?

Change your vantage point and your need to create all these threads about specific women will no longer be.
You obviously didn’t read my post. I ****ed this chick already, and took off to Italy. She’s already telling me she has feelings for me. And is nervous about be banging other chicks. There is nothing left to be “won” lol

I am just at the age where I am tired of playing the field. I need to become more of a nice guy and settle down, my player days are over and dating 3-4 girls at once is just too expensive when you live in Los Angeles
 

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You obviously didn’t read my post. I ****ed this chick already, and took off to Italy. She’s already telling me she has feelings for me. And is nervous about be banging other chicks. There is nothing left to be “won” lol

I am just at the age where I am tired of playing the field. I need to become more of a nice guy and settle down, my player days are over and dating 3-4 girls at once is just too expensive when you live in Los Angeles
You asked what is the best way to play this? I answered but you didn’t soak it in. You’re caught up in the words and lose the meat.

Act within your sovereignty and you will answer your own question. No poster can give you a better answer than yourself in your superlative mindset.

I rather build your best mindset, not provide a bandaid. What does your sovereignty say is the best way to play this?

Mine speaks to me as follows: “she has to earn your exclusivity by proving to YOU that she is the best contender of the bunch. Give her the room to win that right.”
 
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