"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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c0nfus3d1ne

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that they can't return an email or phone call?

I am never so busy that I can't check my email at least once a day or look on my cell phone screen for missed calls. I may not be able to reply right back, but if I really wanted to get back with you, I could find time.
 

"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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The answer is NO.

Others may see this somewhat differently but if she is not either answering the phone enthusiastically when I call obviously happy to hear from me or returning my call promptly sorry to have missed it the chances are something went wrong long before the phone call. Probably before I even got the phone number. Either I screwed up or something else happened that I may I have no way of even knowing, but it doesn't really matter at this point, there's nothing now.

It's a bitter pill to swallow, but it happens and I am guessing this is neither the first nor the last time for you.

-PDX
 

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Noone is ever that busy. At least to talk to for a minute. A hard fact of life is you are not high on her priority list. Either you just started seeing her and your expecting to much, or you have been seeing her and she is pulling away for whatever reason.
 
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No, but here's is a question to you.

Why are you obsessing over someone who doesn't answer your text or phone calls?

If they aren't replying, then they aren't worth you worrying about them. They've just given you more freedom to do things you like and more dates with other chicks.
 

"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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Yep, this is basic equations that almost always holds true.

If the IL is high, they'll find a way to get in contact with you.

Think about it.. DJ stuff aside-where you're limiting contact intentionally-but don't you want to talk to and spend time with the girl, whether it be email, text, phone call, or whatever?

Internalize this lesson now, because in this day and age with the billion and one ways we have to communicate, if someone isn't contacting you, they just aren't thinking about you. End of story.
 

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c0nfus3d1ne said:
if I really wanted to get back with you, I could find time.
you already answered your own question... if someone doesn't find time to get back to you it means that person (obviously) is not interested in you. forget about all the bs about being too busy, those are common excuses that both guys and girls use
 

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Busy is the only excuse partners give when they are at the verge of opting out of a relationship. When a woman tells you she is too busy to answer her phone, she is definitely not happy when you call. A woman who have high interest level in you will put her phone under the pillow waiting for you to call. When you don't call, they call you at 6:30 am to ensure things are alright with you.
 

"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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amoka said:
Busy is the only excuse partners give when they are at the verge of opting out of a relationship. When a woman tells you she is too busy to answer her phone, she is definitely not happy when you call. A woman who have high interest level in you will put her phone under the pillow waiting for you to call. When you don't call, they call you at 6:30 am to ensure things are alright with you.
All good points. Also if a woman says she "is too busy" to even see you, then you know she is full of sh1t too. High interest women even if they have a 100 things to do, will sacrifice something out of their life to be with a man they really like at least 2-3 hours a week.
 

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If Tom Brady called any of these busy women, they'd find time to talk.
 
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