"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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flax vs soy!

"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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Throttle

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well...it's about postmenopausal women, so hard to extrapolate.

but if i read correctly, they found...not much of an effect on anything. this is at least consistent with the idea that a little soy protein isn't going to change anybody's hormone balance, at least in the short run. but my understanding is that the effects of soy consumption are bound to be long term anyway (greater than 4 months, at least). this study can't even begin to touch that.
 

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I was worried for a minute. I like flax. I buy the whole seeds, keep them in the freezer, and use a flax-dedicated coffee grinder to grind them myself. The flax powder goes well with oatmeal, honey, natural peanut butter
 

"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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your body can't break down flax seeds to get to the good stuff. there are other seeds that it can (see the recent chia pet thread), but flax needs to be ground.
 

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how wonderful. i'm guessing a blender wouldn't work too well with a bunch of seeds, surely they must sell ground flax by itself in bulk
 

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they don't, because pre-ground will go rancid quickly (rancid omega-3s are worse than anything else, including trans fats)
 

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even more wonderful! i'll have to take a look at that bag my dad bought a few months back to see if it really is ground flax! tasted like it had other stuff in there too.
how long would you keep ground flax, then?
btw, are you in the states or uk?
 

"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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i'm in the states.

i see recommendations that you store ground flax in the fridge, sealed with as little air as possible, for no more than a year. i've also found companies claiming a longer shelf life, but i can't find a basis for those claims.
 
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