"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 do you recover from a bad impressions

King Of Nowhere

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How do you guys recover from bad impressions? Sometimes people are drunk when they meet girls and rub them the wrong way, or they are not in the best of moods and a girl trys to talk to him (happened to me). I see her every day because we go to the same school ,and I was wondering if I can fix a bad impression. How do you guys do it? Stories would help too.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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GameTime76

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Is this a girl you like or do you feel bad making a wrong impression to someone?

I'd say when you see her again just smile and say Hi and go about your business.
 

PapiChulo

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First impressions are extremely hard to fix. I ve not been able to do so 100% with chicks. You get only one life as in a video game, one poster on here suggests. It's true. I ve made jokes about hookers and milfs with one interested chick, who apparently worked at a bible camp. The other stuckup chick has gotten turned off by my funny/****y comment and put me on the assshole list. No matter how hard you try you won't undo it completely, even if were to befriend Mother Theresa would not have changed their opinions of me. Women are dumb, you just gotta roll with it and not give a f6ck of what some broad may think. If she can't see who you are, no way she is worth to see her. This is how well their feminine "intuition" functions. The only impressions I ve fixed were the ones where people thought I was kinda unusual or perhaps too eccentric, too crazy - they would love me after a certain time which took abnormal amounts of personality, boldness and openness.
 
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Mike32ct

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I made the "video game with one life" analogy :rock: . I stand by that. You usually can't fix a bad first impression.

One of the most important tools in this game is a "clean slate.". If you scr@wed up with one girl, it's generally better to meet a new one that doesn't know you. You then have a chance to put your best foot forward.
 

st_99

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If it's someone you will see fairly regularly then absolutely you can fix
a bad first impression. On the other hand, if you rarely see them well then, its tough.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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