"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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hey. i'm sick.

xectxny19x

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ok guys. so this girl messages me on Wednesday about being sick, but she didn't cancel on me when she did. I suspected she would flake. :nervous: Lo & behold, the girl did show up and before me! I was about 10-20 mins. late.

She was coughing & sniffling the whole time we were together for 2 hours or so. Damn. The girl was really sick.

Goes to show a girl will go out with you even if she is sick.
 
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"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Well, it's a big step in building connection when she feels that comfortable around you. She was sick and could have easily canceled with good reason, but didn't. Take it as a big compliment and don't let it change your perspective of her. This girl went the extra ten yards to be with you that day.
 

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Seems like she has good character

Damian haven't seen you on this board for awhile.
 

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xectxny19x said:
ok guys. so this girl messages me on Wednesday about being sick, but she didn't cancel on me when she did. I suspected she would flake. :nervous: Lo & behold, the girl did show up and before me! I was about 10-20 mins. late.

She was coughing & sniffling the whole time we were together for 2 hours or so. Damn. The girl was really sick.

Goes to show a girl will go out with you even if she is sick. But I don't know, I might have preferred she stayed home with all the coughing & her face looked so flushed. I'm glad she came out though.
Damn right ... if a woman really likes you she will not let anything stop her from seeing you and getting to know you..

first sign of LOW IL is excusses as to why she cant se you...
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xectxny19x

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whether it's b/c she wants to get to know me or not, definitely thumbs up to her for keeping the date though despite being that sick. not only that, she was on time. :cheer:
 

"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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Yeah a few months back I took a girl to see Fuel, the rock band. She told me a few weeks later that she had one of the worst migraines of her life that night, but still wanted to hang out with me. At a loud concert!!
 
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