"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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The art of being 'Confident and funny'.

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Often, I find myself sprinkling just a tiny dab of confident humor and teasing from the start, then building plenty of connections and social panache to get the date or approach moving in the right direction. How much confident humor/teasing do you use throughout the date or approach?
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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None if I'm trying to get laid. C0cky/funny, yes. You need to be willing to be provocative and roguish, overtly willing to push up against (but not cross) boundaries. Merely being confident won't accomplish this.

The difference between c0cky/funny and confident/funny is the difference between Richard Pryor and Bob Saget.

Nobody liked Bob Saget until he started telling dirty jokes.
 

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None if I'm trying to get laid. C0cky/funny, yes. You need to be willing to be provocative and roguish, overtly willing to push up against (but not cross) boundaries. Merely being confident won't accomplish this.

The difference between c0cky/funny and confident/funny is the difference between Richard Pryor and Bob Saget.

Nobody liked Bob Saget until he started telling dirty jokes.
Im considering that a red flag.
If a man has that attitude, its a red flag
(****y funny)

Also, do examples of a dialogue if you need to explain what do you think being ****y funny vs confident funny is, so we better enter your pov
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Yet, he made his millions on Full House and HIMYM
And he was mainly known for that warm hearted wholesome stuff. Which made it all the more surprising when you saw his act.
 

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Start off being a bit grey...then slowly reveal a bit more of the humour as time goes on and she reveals her personality too.

Chatted to a gym girl today and the least-grey thing I said after was she asked me name. (Not posting my name on here, I said something like "my name's Simon, but you can call me Si"
 
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