"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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Asking her over on the first date

Colinski282

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B/w work an school, i barely have anytime to go on a date other than after work. My weekends are booked the next two weekend due to the opening of hunting season. I was gonna ask her to come sit on her ass with me at my place after work. Would that be too forward for a first date?
 

"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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Francisco d'Anconia

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Unless you've established mad mutual rapport with the woman, slow your roll.
 

Docs

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Does she hunt? If so, well, take her along. Extra cost...maybe two beers...$1 in gas and $5 in food.

It'll show you if she likes you, that'll be for sure.
 

skip2mylou781

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guys........i had a girl from myspace come over my house with her friend upon the 1st time seeing me, we all got tipsy and had a 3some (i got a thread about it).......we barely had any rapport established, except for we thought we were hot, and we talked on the phone for 10 minutes.

Tell your girl to come over, chill, watch a movie, and have a few drinks. SIMPLE
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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mrRuckus

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skip2mylou781 said:
guys........i had a girl from myspace come over my house with her friend upon the 1st time seeing me, we all got tipsy and had a 3some (i got a thread about it).......we barely had any rapport established, except for we thought we were hot, and we talked on the phone for 10 minutes.

Tell your girl to come over, chill, watch a movie, and have a few drinks. SIMPLE
you go out with stupid 18 year olds who have no clue how to protect themselves.
 
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