"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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Getting number

TheNewGuy

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I've been talking to this girl online, she's pretty hot and a good personality to boot. I've told her a couple times that I was going to the mall and she should come along, but her dad doesn't let her go to the mall alone (which is understandable, seeing as just under a year ago there was a huge riot and a stabbing or two).

But it's the only hangout place 15 year olds really have, so we'll deal. They have rent-a-cops running all around there now, but I digress.

So she hasn't been able to go to the mall (yet), so I figured I should at least get her number. In two emails that we've had back/forth I've been like "Yeahh, I finally got my cell phone. What's your number, I'll call you sometime." But when she emails me back, she just acts like I didn't ask for her number and responds to everything else I said.

So I want to find out if she's interested or not, because she's doing some things that are giving off bad vibes... but then she starts online convos with me, says how she misses talking to me (her computer broke and she can talk to me like once a week on the school computer.) But then she doesn't respond to me asking for her number, and says she can't go to the mall (which, like I said, might be legit).

So how can I see if she's really interested?

PS: She said she's never had a boyfriend, so she's not the flirty/tease type.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Microphone Fiend

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^^ lol

aite i think she purposefully tried to skirt around the # cuz she dont want to give it to you, BUT I COULD BE WRONG. The only way to find out is to get a definite yes or no. You should get more rapport and then try and close her again.

She never had a bf so u shud expect a lil resistance and having to make all the moves...
 

"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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