"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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Trouble attracting girls I'm interested in

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Howdy. 20 years old, university student, never had a girlfriend, hell, never been kissed.

No physical problems, 5'11, 155 lbs. Lean, but not really muscular or anything.

Anyways, the problem I'm having is that the only members of the opposite sex that have ever shown any interest in me are all ugly, fat or both. As a result, my confidence has been slowly degrading over the years. It seems as though I should be getting girls in the middle of the quality scale, but the only ones that have ever shown interest were bottom of the barrel.

It's getting to the point where I'm starting to get desperate and I have a feeling I'm going to settle for less and never be happy. It isn't like I have unreachable standards by any means, and the fact that people are always surprised to hear I don't/never had a girlfriend kind of makes me feel a little better.

It seems as though I've tried everything on my end from funny to quiet to outgoing to ****y and nothing seems to work. I can't shake this feeling that I have this horrible flaw that only I can't see.

Just wondering if anybody has ever been in this situation and if they have any advice.
 

"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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comedy101 said:
Just wondering if anybody has ever been in this situation and if they have any advice.
Are you new to this forum or something??! :rock:
 

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5'11, 155 lbs.
Sounds like your biggest problem. Pathetic. Put on some pounds you lanky bastard.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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comedy101 said:
Anyways, the problem I'm having is that the only members of the opposite sex that have ever shown any interest in me are all ugly, fat or both. As a result, my confidence has been slowly degrading over the years. It seems as though I should be getting girls in the middle of the quality scale, but the only ones that have ever shown interest were bottom of the barrel.
Having self confidence governed by others is sort of like being a small boat in the middle of the ocean. You don't have any control over what happens, you are at the mercy of the environment. While a submarine (or some one with a deep self confidence) is not affected quite so much because it doesn't worry about the surface (how people treat or interact with you).

It's getting to the point where I'm starting to get desperate and I have a feeling I'm going to settle for less and never be happy. It isn't like I have unreachable standards by any means, and the fact that people are always surprised to hear I don't/never had a girlfriend kind of makes me feel a little better.
Desperation is the worlds worst cologne. You'd probably have better luck if you rubbed yourself with trash. You are the prize, the sooner you get that ideology, the sooner your confidence will soar.

It seems as though I've tried everything on my end from funny to quiet to outgoing to ****y and nothing seems to work. I can't shake this feeling that I have this horrible flaw that only I can't see.
You need to squash that feeling. Champions do not go in to a championship thinking they have no chance. They KNOW they will win. Even if you fail, at least you tried.


As others have said, read the bible. It works well for gaining confidence. Especially Pook, Senor Fingers and some others.
 

Du Work Son

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ure in college and u dont see females walking around everywhere?

maybe u should take john galt's advice. do what's important first like improve yourself and do things for yourself to make u a better person. girls will come to u then
 

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I was driving around yesterday, and I'm like, holy fvck there's a lot of cute girls out today.

Too bad I was driving somewhere important.

=(
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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Do you have anything in common with these women you are interested in?
 
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Haha, wake up kid - The Matrix has you!!! Men do not attract women - they attract us - pursue that which you seek and see as fair-seeming!!!
 

"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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