"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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Challenging times

CaptFinnBad

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So long story short...

Just moved back into my house. It was a weird situation where I basically did a house swap with my tenent.

Last few weeks have been extremely stressful.

Massive family issues, arguments, facilitating my own move. Babying my tenent and basically organising there move.

Starting a business.

Once I got back into my property huge issues have been discovered (hidden by my previous tenant)

I've been dealing with crisis after crisis. Litrerally been in the trenches for weeks, it's been brutal both physically and mentally.


My girlfriend has been awesome. She's been right by my side the whole time.


Litrerally been a superstar through the majority of this, but the last few days the stress of it all got the better of her.

Last night we were supposed to be celebrating that everything was back on track and the start of normality again.

She basically blew up the night and put us in crisis. The situation has all calmed down now.


Finding this a difficult situation to deal with.

Honestly it's all taken its toll on me and as a result it feels like I've lost something I had for her.

I don't want to lose that, but don't know how to get it back.
 
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"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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Hi CaptFinnBad,
You have been through a sticky patch,anyone who has been a Landlord will understand your issues...This Lady stuck with you in the past and can be forgiven blowing steam,it's perfectly normal....Don't concentrate your problems onto her,she was there for you and is not the issue,gradually life will get back on track and things will go on as before....Good Luck.
 
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