"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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Trying to play sports, not going well

Maxtro

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This semester I'm on a university intramural sports, flag football team. I'm on the free agent team since I don't have any guy friends on campus.

A few hours ago I just finished my second game and I already feel like quitting the team. I know for a fact that I won't be missed.

I have never played any form of football before this, so I barely know what to do. The team never practices except for 15 minutes before games which really is nothing more than throwing and catching the ball.

What really sucks is that I feel like I'm the only guy on the team who hasn't played before and doesn't know the lingo. When the QB says, "outsides go in, insides do a hook flag" I don't know what the hell he's talking about. There is no time to explain what he says in the huddle so I have to try and talk to the other guys when I'm sitting out to find out I should have been doing.

Speaking of sitting out, only 8 guys can be on the field and there 11 on the team. 5-6 of the guys never sit out. The rest of the guys end up rotating. I end up sitting out 75% of the game.

Aside from not having any experience, I'm only 5'6, 160. I'm severely limited in what I can do.

I already have poor self-confidence and self-esteem add that to the fact I'm not that good, it's really hard to stand up for myself and demand more action.

Flag-football is a lot more physical than I thought it was. It's full contact if you're playing on the line. I've been knocked on my ass twice playing O line and D line and I'm constantly getting pushed around by bigger guys.

The only benefit I have is that I'm pretty fast but I haven't been in any situations where I could use my speed.

Odds are that next weeks game will be my last. I joined this team to have fun and make some friends. Obviously I'm not having any fun and I don't have a clue how to make guy friends so I feel like I'm just wasting my time and getting sore for nothing.
 

"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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shadowfox

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I don't know much about american football either...

However I would advise you to google 'High Intensity Interval Training.'

I find that in most sports being a lot fitter than the other players can make up for a lack of talent. HIIT will make you a LOT fitter.

Good luck and dont quit, keep at it!
 
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