"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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Question about texting etiquette

bigdave17

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Let's say you have a brief (6 or 7) text exchange and it seems to go well. You are the last one to text her but what you texted doesn't really require a response (it's just a comment on something but it kinda ended that conversation also - wasn't a question).

Do you still wait until she sends you a response? let's say it was early in the afternoon on a Friday and you want her to respond so you can ask her out on a date. Do you wait for a response no matter what or just send another text to ask her out say next morning?

I'm sure women get busy and forget. I sometimes forget to text back my best friends and I've known them for 10 years
 

"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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guys I need some advice on this


do I forget it or should I send her a text asking her out?
 

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Text her. You can't always go precisely by the book. If the last text didn't require a response, you're on neutral ground.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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