"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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Online dating - what do you guys use as openers?

bigdave17

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or what do you even say once you're matched up with a girl?


I feel like any conversation I want to start is going to be boring standard stuff
 

"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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devilkingx2

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tell them you're having a black friday sale at your house, all clothes 100% off
 

HankHill

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I have a super playful and funny personality but my experience on OLD is trying to be funny and flirty over instant msg or text doesn't work well initially because you just come across as needy and creepy. My success rate is much higher if I carry myself as a self-respecting adult than a horny juvenile. Now if I looked like Channing Tatum I could say anything and still get away with that.
 
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