"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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In Love With Love

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While talking with her today, I realize how much I really LOVE the feelings she produces in me, which are not "good" feelings.

I've invested so much time and effort into this ONE girl, I fear I've fallen trap to my own understanding of attraction. The more you invest the greater the attraction felt, and connection felt.

Is it worth it to forget her?

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"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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I read the first paragraph....all I can say is, I pity you if you actually talk like this in real life.
 

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Oneitis is a terrible state to be in.
L777 said:
I read the first paragraph....all I can say is, I pity you if you actually talk like this in real life.
I liked it!
 

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Love is a beautiful thing. If you can find it you shouldn't let a bunch of 15 year old keyboard studs laugh at you. Be who you are. Not every male was meant to wear makeup and fuzzy hats. Well, maybe gay men...BUT...those DJ gurus could never be gay. Nope. No way. They couldn't be doing what they do so that they could make money. No. They wanna help sad little men in Florida and Manchester.
 

"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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I don't fully understand... did you two split up? Or are you currently in a relationship with her?

There's nothing wrong with being in love, in fact it's one of the high points of life. Don't listen to these morons and think there's something wrong with you for feeling this way. If they had found love, they wouldn't be posting on some internet forum dedicated to picking up chicks...unless of course it's to help the lost and confused ones out there. No advice is better than bad advice, though. It's best to go with your gut instinct.

If you and her are together, enjoy it. All those cheesy love songs will start to make sense to you. If you two just broke up, give yourself some time to get over it and get back in the game.
 
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