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.
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.
I hit the exercise bike daily for at least 20 minutes in the morning and another 20 in the evening, I feel so good after it, it's a shame that it has taken getting Diabetes to wake me up to reality though, but at least I have gotten the message.chinwaggler said:Really good article, I agreed with so much. One of my flat mates says he doesn't have the time to keep fit, but he has enough time to watch Star Trek for an hour every day and a few south parks..
Also the ending was good