"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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How and when did you discover theses forums?

eli77

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it was between 2001 and 2002 for me made slot of sense back then
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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Romanemp22

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I think I discovered it in 2016. I was in high school and had some problems with some girl, I needed similar situations and how to act right lol.
 

"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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jimwho

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I googled=Why are Women so vindictive or manipulative and a thread popped up here. Lurked for a while then signed up. I have some patina on me but we never stop learning. Now I'm trying understand the abbreviations and pill colors.
 

Black Widow Void

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About ten years ago.
After a relationship, I was experiencing some 'post-breakup vertigo' (mind was in a fog) . I couldn't think clearly and as a result, my return (game wise) was way off. I found this place through a search engine. This place was a great help for being able to spring back to my old self.
 

Serenity

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I had gotten absolutely nowhere with women for about 5 years before finally starting to wake up early in 2013. Went on Google searching for advice and all I found was crappy pickup lines for the next few months. Then I found a local blog in my language and it hit a lot deeper, they had a forum and someone linked to "Book of Pook" which in turn lead me to this forum.

Before I even finished "Book of Pook" I had gotten laid twice, so I knew I had struck gold and I joined the forum for further input. I stayed for the opportunity to help others break ttrough regarding women.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Machine10033

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2002.. my high school girlfriend had left me destroyed and decided to see other people. I went down a path of self improvement and found this forum. As I was reading I realized I was doing everything wrong... and ate the info up. I got myself shredded after that break up... started dressing and acting right and found myself banging girls I always assumed were out of my league! It was 2 years later I saw my ex out and had her begging me to take her back.... she said she couldn’t believe what I became. I respectfully shot her down.
 

Romanemp22

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2002.. my high school girlfriend had left me destroyed and decided to see other people. I went down a path of self improvement and found this forum. As I was reading I realized I was doing everything wrong... and ate the info up. I got myself shredded after that break up... started dressing and acting right and found myself banging girls I always assumed were out of my league! It was 2 years later I saw my ex out and had her begging me to take her back.... she said she couldn’t believe what I became. I respectfully shot her down.
This forum is definitely underrated, considering how long it has been out here and is still active.
 

speed dawg

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2005. Didn't post for about a year. Just read about all the dumb sh*t I had been doing. I will never forget the 3 girls who brought me here either. For whatever reason, I was scoring phone numbers from pretty good looking women, dates and the initial ass but I could not hold onto any of them. Came here and relearned everything. I was lucky enough that Rollo T, Tits and others were regular posters at the time, so I got slapped early and often until it set in.
 

andreihaha

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I've read Neil Strauss's book "The Game" 3 times, for entertainment purposes. The last time I did that was after a 3year-relatiobship. The book mentioned a pick-up community, so I looked up a forum on this and stumbled on SS.
It's amazing how a mediocre pick-up book can guide you towards such a helpful community, not only in the ways of seduction.
Thanks everyone for sharing your ideas!
 

deBrito

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Wanted to f*ck b*tches and get r*ch, had none of those, tried to get information on how to get to those, found about red pill on reddit, later, i had started reading some books about the subject, till one of them mentioned so suave so i decided to check it out, then i saw all the great content here and thought this would be a very good place to develop my character. BTW i started checking the wealth and success tab first, and the advices of how to combat procrastination was what held me here, i would read that post almost every day before getting to work, to grab the right mindset and oh boy that did help me. All of this happened early 2020.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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CAPSLOCK BANDIT

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I needed advice one day, been here since, definitely needed to be here to confirm most of the affirmations I had in my head from most of my experiences.
 

Romanemp22

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2005. Didn't post for about a year. Just read about all the dumb sh*t I had been doing. I will never forget the 3 girls who brought me here either. For whatever reason, I was scoring phone numbers from pretty good looking women, dates and the initial ass but I could not hold onto any of them. Came here and relearned everything. I was lucky enough that Rollo T, Tits and others were regular posters at the time, so I got slapped early and often until it set in.
And when you come to conclusion what you were doing wrong, what was it? Were you needy or pushy too much?
 

speed dawg

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And when you come to conclusion what you were doing wrong, what was it? Were you needy or pushy too much?
I had to re-learn everything. I had come up thinking you put the woman on the pedestal, do whatever she wanted to do, shower them with attention and buy them gifts for every sappy holiday. I would totally put myself in their frame and obsess/plan to marry them immediately. Had no idea how the real world worked.

Also could not understand why some guys could keep girls yet still did some of these needy things as me. I wasn't factoring natural ability, money, status, etc. It's a sliding scale.
 
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