"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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If a cop pulls you over but didn't radar you...

Bilogomja

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I heard from someone not too long ago that if a cop pulls you over for driving fast but didn't hit you with the radar or the laser he technically cant give you a ticket (because he has no proof that you were speeding) and therefore has to get you to admit that you were driving over the speed limit (aka "how fast were you driving?"). I got one of those radar detectors and have driven 20mi above the speed limit right by a cop and never been pulled over. Have you guys heard of this? It seems to make sense, but you never know...
 

"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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diablo

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It's your word against his. Even if he admits that he didn't use the radar, unless you're a very lucky person he'll likely have been on the force for several years and can tell the judge with a 5mph degree of variation how fast you were going, simply by eyeballing you. The cost of you getting an attorney to combat what he says would be so prohibitive that you're better off just either plea bargaining it down to a non-moving violation and paying the $15--200 or taking 4 hours of defensive driving for a $25 fee to get it wiped off your record.
 

MindOverMatter

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It's your word against his. Even if he admits that he didn't use the radar, unless you're a very lucky person he'll likely have been on the force for several years and can tell the judge with a 5mph degree of variation how fast you were going, simply by eyeballing you. The cost of you getting an attorney to combat what he says would be so prohibitive that you're better off just either plea bargaining it down to a non-moving violation and paying the $15--200 or taking 4 hours of defensive driving for a $25 fee to get it wiped off your record.
You're either a law student, or you get pulled over A LOT lol.
 
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