"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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I think what I miss most about my 20s

speakeasy

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was not having to hear about weddings almost every other day. Or people rushing to get married. Amongst single people(in their 30s) I know, esp the girls, it's almost become a big game of musical chairs where everyone is scared to death to be the last one standing.

Nothing wrong with getting married if that's what you're ready for, I just miss the days when I rarely heard about it.
 

"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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The last wedding I attended was actually when I was in my 20's.

The bride instead of throwing the garter she just walked over to me and hands it to me winking with a big smile and hugs me tight and whispers maybe this will help speed things up...

I always said why anyone would want to get marred....

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I'm in my early 20's and it's all I hear about?! Granted I DJ a lot of weddings but besides that every week it seems another couple I know is getting engaged or married! Maybe in 20 years I'll stop hearing about it. To many people are getting married way to young around me
 

speakeasy

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mpimpin said:
I'm in my early 20's and it's all I hear about?! Granted I DJ a lot of weddings but besides that every week it seems another couple I know is getting engaged or married! Maybe in 20 years I'll stop hearing about it. To many people are getting married way to young around me
In 20 years you'll be hearing about a bunch of divorces and drama over alimony and child custody.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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speakeasy said:
In 20 years you'll be hearing about a bunch of divorces and drama over alimony and child custody.
Wait another 20 yrs and there won't be hardly any weddings. Then you get to start going to funerals instead. Time flies brothers. Don't waste a day.
 
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