"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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Interesting encouncer with chicks outside my dorm

DJVladdy

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I go to Northeastern, live in upperclassmen housing. Me and a buddy of mine were outside of the building - a nice little area with a few tables.

2 tables away there were 2 dudes and 3 girls. One of them walks up to us and sits next to me asking if she could sit there. Were making some small talk I asked why she left them shes like there are guys there (lol good one).. im like but there arent guys here?? giggle gigle etc.. who are you texting? -My bf. I give her this you-must-be-****ting-me look. Her friend comes up and says:

CAN U GUYS WALK HER HOME PLEASE.

I'm like sorry sweety im actually going to a party. They ask about the party and sh1t..... but the girl that sat with us figued out who she was dealing with and was like no its okay, ill walk by myself... her friend says how theres a bunch of creeps on her way home. They start arguing... me and my friend are just smiling and I say nick, lets go back inside.

And I ask my friend Nick, "i cant believe she actually asked us to walk her home?"

Nick is very good socially by the way - better than i am. he says that yea, some girls just like to prey on guys who will do anything that an attractive girl ask them.

I guess it's normal for girls to act this way huh?
 

"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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daygameguy

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Yea, sometimes girls like to ride the AFC wave. They enjoy it. It makes them feel like mini celebrities. MY arse. you guys treated her right. And most probably if you see her again, you will have a good chance with her, cuz she knows you are alpha.
 

betterthandead

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There's something called "getting attention"

Extroverts like getting attention and starve for it, I don't know what the **** this AFC wave or whatever you think it is, she'll return the attention back to you, nothing wrong with the flirt action.
 

daygameguy

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betterthandead said:
There's something called "getting attention"

Extroverts like getting attention and starve for it, I don't know what the **** this AFC wave or whatever you think it is, she'll return the attention back to you, nothing wrong with the flirt action.
I agree. But look at what he's saying - "Nick is very good socially by the way - better than i am. he says that yea, some girls just like to prey on guys who will do anything that an attractive girl ask them."

If he is feeling this way, most probably she wanted attention from them, and wanted them to behave in an AFC way, which is what I pointed out. So, in my opinion, this is normal behavior, and they handled it pretty well.

It may not be genuinely flirtatious.
 

DJVladdy

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I agree with day,

betterthan dead you said it was flirting, which they were - and had a good vibe coming from them. But then again - after a couple of drinks everyone has a good vibe, and despite perhaps being flirtation they were clearly trying to also get something out of it - you 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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