"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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Craigslist experiences

Zarky

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Anybody care to post any craigslist experiences? I've always thought of CL as the absolute bottom of the barrel but I'm bored with the normal online dating stuff.

Are the "casual" "w4m" personals all scammers or are there some real chicks? I see "mixed" and "thick" written a lot so I assume (in SoCal anyway) it's a bunch of fat latina broads. I'm surprised at the ages though which seem quite young (19-24).

Anybody actually tried CL? It seems so sketchy to me but, ****, I'll try it. The idea of immediate anonymous sex is kind of a turn-on, as long as I don't get hit over the head and robbed when I show up.
 

"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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Vice

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I've had a CL lay.

I always tell myself that it was just luck, though.
 

handle

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I know a guy who got into doing that... Mostly cause he couldn't get laid on his own, though. Apparently lots of them were pretty ugly, which makes sense.
 

Bible_Belt

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Other than porn site spam, mostly you'll find cheating wives and couples wanting another guy for a threesome. A lot of the ads say "day time availability only," which means that hubby has a 9-5 job.

Most of the CL casual encounter ads are men-seeking-men. Reading over those will certainly let you know what public bathrooms to avoid :eek:
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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pdx1138

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my younger brother has done quite a few hookups through CL but they were all very low quality.

I had a few email exchanges with one last year, after the third, I said lets send photo's to each other....she was a 300 pounder.
 

joverby

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I tried a few times, the only legit response I was from this uggerz chick, who after I sent her my pic was all over it trying to entice me over. Needless to say I backed out as soon as I saw her pic(s).

Another one, yep, looking for threesome. I think that's about all you're going to find there. I gave up on that sh1t a while ago.

If there was absolutely no scammers I might at least try sometimes, but it's not even worth it.
 

Vice

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Oh yeah, I also remember one time me and this girl made this hilarious "men seeking women" post where I put myself down as one of those insecure muscle guys that drives a huge truck. It oozed insecurity, and I even put up photos of muscle milk, my "truck", and a pile of cash.

I made the mistake of putting up my real phone number though, and I got some pretty bizzare phone calls at 2am for a whole week. I also got emails from women thanking me for making their day, but I didn't capitalize on that. Maybe I'll try it again just for sh*ts and giggles.

And the housewife thing... sounds promising.
 

Alex DeLarge

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Only time I ever had a reply was from a girl who was decent looking and fvckable, but not a girl I'd like to be seen in public with lol. A little heavy but she was all right in her own way.

I never wound up meeting up with the girl, we exchanged a few emails and it turned out she's seen me around before? (same city).. This kinda creeped me out haha. Turned out we had mutual FB friends too.
 

ArcBound

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If they are on Craigslist you can bet your ass something is wrong with them. The internet ain't no place for a pretty girl.
 

"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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The Experience

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IMO it's too risky and you'd have more of a chance of going blind from masturbating than having a truly successful CL hook up. So take the chance and masturbate.
 

Leporello

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Believe it or not, but I was incredibly bored and horny one night and posted on Craigslist (OK that's not the unbelievable part) and through it I met a young, hot Chinese girl who's into ****.

I think it was a fluke, though. The odds were probably 1 in 1000 that she saw and ad and responded to it that night.
 
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