"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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Peacocking in School

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I'm Joe Dirt

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Okay guys, the new semester is starting and I thought I'd try my hand a peacocking at school.

Here is what I am planning on doing.

I bought a LED scroller that I have affixed to my backpack. Here is the link for the scroller:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/768c/

Here is how I affixed it:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/thegregthe/a1b26ca6.jpg


This scroller, while appearing small, has very good visibility. It is clearly readable from about 40-50 feet if not more.

What I'm struggling now is what messages to write with it.

So far the two choices are "Made You Look" and "Stop Staring"

What you guys think? Any suggestions?
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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I think I will go with "made you look" the first day and then just switch every now and then to something else.

Any suggestions? comments?
 
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If you wear it every day you'll be known as 'that guy with the LED thing'. It won't really attract attention anymore.
 

"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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"supercalafragalisticexpiallidoscious"
 
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johnmich

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Im a tw-at

:crackup: :crackup:

Jus messin. In the UK people would find you nerdy.
 
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Originally posted by wolfie
If you wear it every day you'll be known as 'that guy with the LED thing'. It won't really attract attention anymore.
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Yes but he can wear it on occasion, definately not everyday.

"SUCKE SUCKE 5 DOLLA!"
 
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Does peacocking even work in everyday lives aside from clubs and bars? I talked my friend into trying peacocking for couple of nights and I think we've never been more ignored, lol.

First time we went to a mall and girls intentionally averted their eyes from us, we could really tell. Got lots of weird looks too. Then other night we went to a bar/billiards place. We had to flag down our own waitress cuz nobody would serve us! No one has made comments on our ridiculous styles.

I think this town has enough of its own freaks (many art/music schools here).
 
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Nah mate this isn't peacocking.
 

"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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"Your ad here"
 
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How about "This looks really stupid"?

Kinda like the posers in the T-Mobile commercials.
 
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Life-Trainee, if folks are averting their eyes, you're doing it wrong. It's about standing out from the crowd for all of the RIGHT reasons, not just about standing out. I'm guessing that you probably felt silly at the time.....
 
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