"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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LTR: Should screening EVER stop?

Duke

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This is an in-depth question that a recent fiasco with my LTR led me to ask.

Should we ever stop screening our LTR girl?

I think, in a lot of respects, being screened and passing screening is extremely rewarding for the girl. She feels continually challenged and like she has something to work toward.

I think that the moment you stop screening because you have fully committed to her and she has "passed all your tests", you are not headed for a beautiful sunset of everlasting happiness. Far from it. Instead you are headed down the narrow straits of boredom and being taken for granted.

Can anyone here confirm or deny my suspicion that screening must be something that continues non-stop throughout the duration of the LTR?

And by screening, I mean overtly communicating that you have standards she needs to always meet or else you lose attraction/dump her.

I guess a problem I see with this is that if you screen for the same things, this would eventually get old. But then again, maybe it comes down to communicating the same things in different ways. For example, I highly value the feminine nurturing energy girls give off. I think I could have communicated how much I like that in various ways that wouldn't grow old.

Either way, I am definitely leaning toward the idea that the moment screening stops, boredom sets in. Kind of like the girl becomes a dictator like Sadaam Hussein. There are no elections, so she has nothing to live up to. She can just become decadent and b!tchy and annoying.

Anyway, thoughts?
 

"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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Ease

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For us to dump a girl with a personality flaw in a LTR, is like a girl to leave an abusive boyfriend.

They can screen and rationalize all we want, but that doesn't mean anything will happen!
 

xdreamz

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personally, i screen all the time...i constantly think of ways to screen people and get them to open up and it does wonders in most cases. it's funny sometimes i don't even spend time attracting (c&f, storytelling, etc)..i just go straight to a screen find some reason to like her...tell her that i like her... and get some sort of close from that.
 
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