"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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Just watched a video which ended with the idea that when women make a list of chores and hold you to task, this means they settled for you. What do you men/women think?

I never thought of this before, and I've always heard women talking about "honey, do" lists. But I never thought of it this way, I had an ex that always held me accountable for what I did/didn't do that she told me/nagged me to do, like, Now. And whether or not I got laid could often depend on this outcome.

Ladies, please feel free to respond as I've experienced this but never heard it put in this context.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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I’ve never done a list of chores for a guy. I don’t think I would ever do that either.

I don’t like that concept and what’s behind it. If the guy is a not lifting a finger and she has to make a list of stuff for him to do then she chose wrong. If he does do chores yet she makes a list anyway, then he chose wrong.
 

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Ex gf was like that, no list but could not stand it when i was home just chilling.
I work like 1/2 year depending on the contract i get, and i was contributing more than her on family expense.
But she was never happy, its like she was jealous i had more spare time than her.
 

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when women make a list of chores and hold you to task, this means they settled for you.
Lamath, I think they hold us to task when we have more free time than them. Or perhaps their friends do. I think it's their lack of reasoning, everything that doesn't put their interests ahead of us, is taken personally. We rationalize, they feel.

I just never have heard that they settle for a man if they have these behaviors. I never thought, or heard that was the reason...

It's like my friend's sis in-law. She wakes more on her check, because she works two weeks on a payday, and he gets paid weekly.
She is determined that she makes more than him, because there is more money on her check. And nobody can convince her as to the facts. Lol...
 

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Lamath, I think they hold us to task when we have more free time than them. Or perhaps their friends do. I think it's their lack of reasoning, everything that doesn't put their interests ahead of us, is taken personally. We rationalize, they feel.

I just never have heard that they settle for a man if they have these behaviors. I never thought, or heard that was the reason...

It's like my friend's sis in-law. She wakes more on her check, because she works two weeks on a payday, and he gets paid weekly.
She is determined that she makes more than him, because there is more money on her check. And nobody can convince her as to the facts. Lol...
Lol thats lacking basic reasoning.

What you mean by settle? That the think they could still do better but tired of trying?
Or that they think they score highest smv they could and are happy with it?



From my side of things im pretty sure she always knew i was higher smv than her, so her hypergamous side never really was a factor for me.
 

"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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Settling, they think they could do better, but just give up and accept the lower HB man. Like if she's an HB8 and settles for a man who is an HB6.
And then she hen-pecks him constantly because he can't meet her expectations. Because he isn't quite up to par.
 

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Settling, they think they could do better, but just give up and accept the lower HB man. Like if she's an HB8 and settles for a man who is an HB6.
And then she hen-pecks him constantly because he can't meet her expectations. Because he isn't quite up to par.
Then i dont think its true

I was way above ex gf smv wise, when we started going out it was closer. She was still nagging me.

I have a friend that is also above his gf smv and she does have those list for him, guy already have a very good job and got so much potential.
Imo his gf gaslight him very well.
 

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Omg I was gaslighted so much...didn't know WTF to think, I was 30 and never had that happen to me.
She was very good at it. Took me a long time to get my head straight.
This is now something I know to watch for. I see it, I dump. Whether I got that azz or not.
 

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Omg I was gaslighted so much...didn't know WTF to think, I was 30 and never had that happen to me.
She was very good at it. Took me a long time to get my head straight.
This is now something I know to watch for. I see it, I dump. Whether I got that azz or not.
Was too to some extend.
Still she was probably better than most on many aspect, but after awhile i notice that she was contributing nothing positive to my life.
Always in a bad mood, she got fat,no sex finacial stress. Etc. Like wtf im way higher smv than you and i get treated like this.

If not for the kid i would have left way earlier.

Doing good now, getting lots of women attention just need to learn how to take things to the next level.
 

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Ex gf was like that, no list but could not stand it when i was home just chilling.
I work like 1/2 year depending on the contract i get, and i was contributing more than her on family expense.
But she was never happy, its like she was jealous i had more spare time than her.
They can be jealous of anything.
 

"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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Then i dont think its true

I was way above ex gf smv wise, when we started going out it was closer. She was still nagging me.

I have a friend that is also above his gf smv and she does have those list for him, guy already have a very good job and got so much potential.
Imo his gf gaslight him very well.
Negging to bring you down.
 
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