You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
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.
She's going into real estate and will soon be making 6 figures or more, in a world filled with several billion people who are going to spend their lives performing manual labor, in exchange for f-cking pennies. This is a tragedy on par with The Two Corys becoming multi-millionaires in their 20s, only to piss it all away on dope and floozies, by time The early 90s were upon us
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.
Incorrect. Most real estate agents fail. Most don't do very well. In the USA, real estate agents work strictly on sales commission and lack a base salary. If they don't sell anything, they don't get paid.o
She's going into real estate and will soon be making 6 figures or more, in a world filled with several billion people who are going to spend their lives performing manual labor, in exchange for f-cking pennies.
Agreed...perhaps she should change the type of man she is looking for and she would have better success25 is 'aged out'? She still looks very young and attractive too
As do most folks in every other profession. Getting licensed and qualified doesn't make you exempt from learning how the game is played, then acting accordinglyIncorrect. Most real estate agents fail. Most don't do very well
It was a little bit early in the morning when I replied and I wasn't thinking about the facetiousness. Good work on that as I re-read it now.In any event, the post you're replying to was facetious in nature. I keep forgetting that our cultural capacity to pick up on such things is dying out faster than the main cast of Pretty Little Liars's acting careers
Most real estate agents fail. Most don't do very well.
I would not recommend residential real estate as a career because of the commission pay structure. I'm amazed at how many people do it. There is high turnover in the field and that's predictable. Only a small percentage of real estate agents get the majority of the residential real estate sales. Knowing that, I would not want to make that career decision. Staying in bottle service in the short term and then finding something with a lower failure risk seems like a better life plan.As do most folks in every other profession. Getting licensed and qualified doesn't make you exempt from learning how the game is played, then acting accordingly
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.
Contact the gal in that video, and grace her with your wisdom, SW. She might FedEx you the key to her hotel room, as an expression of gratitudeI would not recommend residential real estate as a career because of the commission pay structure