"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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Man of the nights watch.

Rainman4707

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I love my job. I get to study, read books. I get paid for stuff I would choose to do in my free time. How can you get better than that!?
Sometimes I have to pinch myself to realise that this is actually real. I sit around watching movies & get paid for it. I'm a night watchman. Also I get the extra hours I need to make a good wage.

It does have some bad points. Unsociable hours for one.

Thing that worries me the most though is my health. Studies say that nightshift is bad for ones health.
Stomach problems, increased risk of heart disease. I do eat healthy, fruit, veg. I do exercise too & on some jobs there is a lot of walking to do.

I'm happy in my work, but if its going to kill me...I might start looking for something else

Couple of links below.

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/night-shift-belly

http://www.shen-nong.com/eng/lifestyles/tcmrole_sleep_shift.html
 

"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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