"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'm sick of television.

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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DJ_Dork

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it's so that men can watch crappy programming.
 

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Originally posted by [T]he ishop
Moved to Anything Else.


If you're sick of TV, then turn it off.
 

"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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I don't watch the vagina-vsuison anymore.I only watch the Sheild/HBO.
 

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yes there is sex but...

I get tired of seeing men being treated like morons. King of Queens, Everyone screws over Raymond, Friends. Just to name a few. That is what I get tired of seeing. I decided to turn off my tv and barely watch it once a week. Maybe an hour or two a week.
 

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Everyone go the fvck outside then.

Work out, read, study. You don't met anyone sitting on your a$$ at home
 

"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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History Channel represent! One of the few channels that you actually learn from.
 

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Re: yes there is sex but...

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Originally posted by comic_relief
I get tired of seeing men being treated like morons. King of Queens, Everyone screws over Raymond, Friends. Just to name a few. That is what I get tired of seeing. I decided to turn off my tv and barely watch it once a week. Maybe an hour or two a week.
I get really frustrated at this too. I like the occasional episode of King of Queens but I always wonder how the hell Doug scored Carrie.

Until now. They just played a flashback episode that gave the story of how they met. Carrie was a stuck-up princess with a b1tchy attitude and too much makeup. Doug was interested in her friend until his roommate took her into the bedroom.

So when the two of them were left in the living room he completely showered her with neghits, called her on her bullsh1t, teased and treated her like a prick (eg dog got the front seat later in ep)

Check out this neghit after Carrie complained about her hair blowing in the wind:
"What? You've got enough hairspray in there to stop a bullet"

In fact he went overboard with the jerk attiude but it worked out for him. NOW I know how Doug got Carrie.....he;s not that AFC after all.

I know this is just TV but it was refreshing to see the male character act like a real man for a change.
 
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