"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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Netspeak is stupid

Luveno

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I hate "lol" and all other net-born acronyms and words.

When people use it, my respect for their intelligence plummets.
 

"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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"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Mr. Wolf

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Using acronyms instead of full words makes people perceive you as dumb or dumber than them. I'm doing business, selling things. I always write full words, always powerful words, and always positive words.. I dominate those poor AFC soles that think it's cool to use acronyms.

As far as me being violent against them, forget it. I don't hate, not much can bother me.
 

Tyron

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I'm not too bothered if someone writes them but when someone speaks them aloud... Why can't you just laugh out loud.. you just have to say "lol". There's no hope for humankind.
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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I'm not crazy about them either but I'm surprised as hell that no one has said "STFU."
 

KarmaSutra

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Mr. Wolf said:
Using acronyms instead of full words makes people perceive you as dumb or dumber than them. I'm doing business, selling things. I always write full words, always powerful words, and always positive words.. I dominate those poor AFC soles that think it's cool to use acronyms.

As far as me being violent against them, forget it. I don't hate, not much can bother me.

:rockon:
 

Potbelly

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Mr. Wolf said:
Using acronyms instead of full words makes people perceive you as dumb or dumber than them. I'm doing business, selling things. I always write full words, always powerful words, and always positive words.. I dominate those poor AFC soles that think it's cool to use acronyms.

As far as me being violent against them, forget it. I don't hate, not much can bother me.
Clearly Mr. Wolf has a big fat pole up his butt. --->LOL<---

Dude, it's the goddam internet...it's a forum...it's chatting on AIM...you are taking yourself WAY too seriously. Everyone knows not to use these acronyms in business. Thanks for stating the obvious dumbass!:down:

And keep tagging random sh1t as being AFC. OMG YOU SAID AFC YOU NEERRDDD
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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DavenJuan

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i hate women with thicker mustaches than me. you dont see me posting about it.
 
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