"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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another lesson learned--worth the read!

HeartlessBtch

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Originally posted by madgame
Good to know, that there are millions of you stupid *****es out there?:D
:kick: when I said many I meant women...not btches
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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Tristan!!! Call her back.

There may have been a good reason or maybe she WAS playing games.

Don't quit because you don't want to be "officially" rejected.

Go the whole damn way and call this girl again.
 

snintel

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Why the hell didnt you just call her back when it dropped? Do you have to overanalyze everything?
 

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Why the hell didnt you just call her back when it dropped? Do you have to overanalyze everything?
you just said exactly what I was thinking (for the 100th time or so). I would love to open a new thread for this and put it in the tips section, but I'm not in it for the fame ;-) so I'll just put it here:

"Soak up all of the good advice you can find here, but don't overanalyze everything"
 

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Originally posted by madgame
you just said exactly what I was thinking (for the 100th time or so). I would love to open a new thread for this and put it in the tips section, but I'm not in it for the fame ;-) so I'll just put it here:

"Soak up all of the good advice you can find here, but don't overanalyze everything"
I'd go as far as to say "Dont overanalyze ANYTHING"
 

"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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