You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
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.
True, but there was a post earlier about paranoia wiht pick ups at the gym. Figured it'd get more attention here then anywhere else.Originally posted by DJBen
Thanks for that, but I believe this has nothing to do with health and fitness and everything to do with pick ups.![]()
Damn straight. I was like "****, might as well". If not the gym, then where?Originally posted by DJBen
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I'm a big fan of meeting women in the gym, but only after a workout and a cold shower
Hell, it's as good a place as any
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.
Careful ben, cold showers make your schlong shrink.Originally posted by DJBen
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I'm a big fan of meeting women in the gym, but only after a workout and a cold shower
Hell, it's as good a place as any
I would but I don't post stories for privacy issues. Just in case something ever happened.Originally posted by Mr.Hash wid da Stash
R3N3GAD3, why don't you share the story, stud.
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.