"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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The college hype is unreal, true players get how overrated it is.

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My university was relatively big, and rumors could still easily catch up to you because all it took was one person to find out. I knew a guy that got accused of date raping a girl and he got kicked out of pledging for his fraternity and he tried joining others but once one person figured out who he was he would get dropped. He had a lot of trouble even going to independent parties because there would always be someone that recognized him, and they would kick him out immediately.
If a university is more than 15,000+ undergraduates and more than a few thousand graduate students, I would not think rumors would be that big of a problem. However, if the threshold is one person out of 15,000 finding out, then I can see your point.

Google (and now ChatGPT) has made things more difficult for the accused. The guy who you knew probably got his name in some local media article and then anyone could find that article in the Google search results.

At my college, there was a mandatory session for all freshman to attend the weekend before classes started. It was about staying out of trouble. This was Fall 2001 and the university was already telling stories about how easy it was to get your name and photo out on the internet. As Fall 2001 semester was starting, Google had already established itself as a major force as a search engine. More and more people were getting high speed internet access at home. We were warned about not having our pictures taken doing questionable things. Cell phone penetration was lower my freshman year and phones didn't have cameras in them yet. However, small digital cameras were easy to carry around by that point and pictures could get uploaded to the internet within a few hours by then.

In my senior year (2004-2005), I remember that Facebook and MySpace were becoming a thing. YouTube also launched during that year. Those developments were changing the internet as compared to my freshman year. However, the internet of my freshman year was advanced enough.

In my 2001-2002 freshman year, the majority of us freshmen didn't have basic cell phones then. However, by the early part of junior year (2003-2004), I noticed that most of my class level had obtained their first cell phone. It did change the campus experience to be able to have access to a phone when out of the home. In my junior and senior years, mobile calling was the more exciting thing as compared to text messages. I also liked digital storage of phone numbers, which meant I didn't have to carry a pen and small notepad to off campus parties (or the bars when I turned 21) to collect women's phone numbers.

He still did manage to find girlfriends in college, so I will say that lol.
How did he get girlfriends? Campus clubs? Approaches after his classes? Random, on campus approaching? Swipe apps or social media DMs?
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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My university was relatively big, and rumors could still easily catch up to you because all it took was one person to find out. I knew a guy that got accused of date raping a girl and he got kicked out of pledging for his fraternity and he tried joining others but once one person figured out who he was he would get dropped. He had a lot of trouble even going to independent parties because there would always be someone that recognized him, and they would kick him out immediately. He still did manage to find girlfriends in college, so I will say that lol.
Even without rape allegations, rumors in general can follow you at a college.

I attended a college with over 10 thousand students, yet I remember a rumor going around about a football player being a minuteman in the bedroom.
 

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Some women I know got hotter later in life.
This is strange since you expect them to have a decline.
Maybe that's an increase in their fertility or a more fertile look
 

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If a university is more than 15,000+ undergraduates and more than a few thousand graduate students, I would not think rumors would be that big of a problem. However, if the threshold is one person out of 15,000 finding out, then I can see your point.
Think of it like this, there's only one fraternity row, there's usually 1-2 party sections, and 1 college bar area, so people with a common interest all get funneled into one place. At my university, there were like 1-5 houses that threw house parties consistently and you wanted to be in the top fraternities not the bottom filter ones. In addition, a lot of students at university are grad students, commuters, and etc with little interest in religiously partying every weekend despite the Hollywood stereotype. As a result, it is quite easy to be caught in a sex-alcohol type rumor at a big university.

How did he get girlfriends? Campus clubs? Approaches after his classes? Random, on campus approaching? Swipe apps or social media DMs?
A mix of looking like a fratty former HS qb jock paul rudd combined with being surrounded by white women that went for his type. He met them through Tinder, classes, and parties that he didn't get kicked out of lol.
 

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Even without rape allegations, rumors in general can follow you at a college.

I attended a college with over 10 thousand students, yet I remember a rumor going around about a football player being a minuteman in the bedroom.
I have perceived that a rumors are more for higher profile guys.

Think of it like this, there's only one fraternity row, there's usually 1-2 party sections, and 1 college bar area, so people with a common interest all get funneled into one place.
That is common with bigger colleges/universities.

At my university, there were like 1-5 houses that threw house parties consistently and you wanted to be in the top fraternities not the bottom filter ones.
Being in a lower tier fraternity doesn't do much for one's sex life.

In addition, a lot of students at university are grad students, commuters, and etc with little interest in religiously partying every weekend despite the Hollywood stereotype. As a result, it is quite easy to be caught in a sex-alcohol type rumor at a big university.
Valid point

A mix of looking like a fratty former HS qb jock paul rudd combined with being surrounded by white women that went for his type. He met them through Tinder, classes, and parties that he didn't get kicked out of lol.
Interesting
 

"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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A mix of looking like a fratty former HS qb jock paul rudd combined with being surrounded by white women that went for his type. He met them through Tinder, classes, and parties that he didn't get kicked out of lol.
Interesting
Your college/university was large enough that he could be anonymous and escape the rumors to a degree. There were parties where he didn't get kicked out.

When he went to his classes, not every female in his classes knew that he had an accusation.

He was still good looking and still had the status of being a high school football quarterback. Even though he could not play football at the college level, he still had a good physique.
 

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Your college/university was large enough that he could be anonymous and escape the rumors to a degree. There were parties where he didn't get kicked out.

When he went to his classes, not every female in his classes knew that he had an accusation.

He was still good looking and still had the status of being a high school football quarterback. Even though he could not play football at the college level, he still had a good physique.
Yes this guy got laid a lot....triple digit lay count, but women would eventually find out he was unpopular or a fraud and cheat on him. This guy has been cheated on in the most humiliating ways like walking into his girl giving another guy a ******* and wiping her face or witnessing his gf getting railed in a porta potty. He had looks and upfront game, but he lacked masculine frame and confidence to secure women. As a result, he has BAD trust issues with women and is permanently damaged mentally from them. Some of my principles are based off my observations of the dating life of this friend lol.
 

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this guy got laid a lot....triple digit lay count
The triple digit lay count is good on the surface.

women would eventually find out he was unpopular or a fraud and cheat on him. This guy has been cheated on in the most humiliating ways like walking into his girl giving another guy a ******* and wiping her face or witnessing his gf getting railed in a porta potty.
That's not good.

He had looks and upfront game, but he lacked masculine frame and confidence to secure women. As a result, he has BAD trust issues with women and is permanently damaged mentally from them.
That sounds feasible. I can imagine the damage.
 
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