"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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Mysterious red bumps on waistline?

HandyAndy

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So I was showering after school and I came across these nasty looking lumps on my waist. Theyre red and bumpy and they itch! I can get a pic but its pretty nasty IMO, ill PM them to you if you can try and help
 

"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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HandyAndy

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yeah mosquitos crept underneath my blanket, then my shorts, then my briefs and sucked my blood from 12 different places on two parts of my body, the bumps are huge not small pimple like ones, i have one bump an inch tall and half an inch wide
 

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Could be a bug bite of some kind (bed bugs are making a come back). Everyone reacts differently to bug bites so you may be having some kind of an allergic reaction.
 

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Could be a pore reaction to sweat, irritation from friction, allergic reaction to a chemical in something you were wearing (or the detergent you use to wash clothes), or if you shave it could just be razor burn. Damn near anything. If the problem continues get it checked out to ease your mind.
 

"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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HandyAndy

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Solon said:
Could be a pore reaction to sweat, irritation from friction, allergic reaction to a chemical in something you were wearing (or the detergent you use to wash clothes), or if you shave it could just be razor burn. Damn near anything. If the problem continues get it checked out to ease your mind.
It was irritation from the flexable band on my briefs and sweat :up:

Theyre gone now :D
 

DJDamage

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HandyAndy said:
yeah mosquitos crept underneath my blanket, then my shorts, then my briefs and sucked my blood from 12 different places on two parts of my body, the bumps are huge not small pimple like ones, i have one bump an inch tall and half an inch wide
Change the word mosquitos to bedbugs and now it makes sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bugs
 

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Royce said:
It comes back, it always does :(
Eczema sucks so bad. I have some on the inside of my elbows ever since I started working out that just won't go away completely no matter what I do (although it's much better than it used to be).
 

"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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