"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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Twins (Time Constrained)

Just a Shot Away

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So there's these HB8 twins that I see in the library where I study all the time. I had been making regular eye contact and whatnot for around the first 2 weeks where I started noticing them, but then stopped as of late since I figured I'd never be able to make a move (and didn't know how) and just dropped my head whenever I passed by them.

Well, one of them came into my work (with her bf) not too long ago and I talked with her a little bit. When I saw them today at the library, I had made up my mind to try to ask the one w/o a bf on a date...but since they're twins, I couldn't tell which one I had seen with her bf. I waited until they were somewhat separate at the library and rolled the dice. I chose wrong, and it turned out to be the one that I had seen at my work, but I made smalltalk anyway and introduced myself. She actually seemed interested, but in my experience chicks with bf's have no problem showing IOI's with no real intentions so I thought nothing of it.

The problem is, I have no "in" for my target now. I already used my "Oh hey, didn't you come into my work?" opener on the other one who no doubt relayed it to her sister shortly thereafter. I made EC several times for the remainder of the night with my target but couldn't think of anything to say. So my question is, how do I open this girl? I can't just ask her sister if she has a bf...and there's no way I can just go in cold, especially since I've seen her talking to a few guys, one of which may very well be her bf. Finals are this week for them, so I likely have 1 or 2 more days at the most to get her/their number which leaves no room for a slow-boil or seed planting approach. Any help would be appreciated, as long as it has nothing to do with my looks.
 

"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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Bladerunner

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You're really over-analyzing this. Hell, just go up and make a joke about how she's always going to have to send her sister into your work for her now so you can save face! Or go say "Hi". Or go over and open with a comment about how you liked her smile/clothes/pinky finger. How you say it is more important than what you say.

I wouldn't say too much about her sister past that; believe me, she's heard it all and is already sick of it.

The only other thing to keep in mind here is that if it looks like she's studying really intensely, I wouldn't approach. If you interrupt her in the middle of thinking about something, she's going to be irked at you and your job will be that much harder.
 

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I'm in a similiar predicament - except I haven't even attempted yet Hehe, I can't pick or choose which twin I want to talk to where I work. They're nearly identical, but there is a prettier one - the older one I suppose is who I want to close. They're both 9's.
 

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Yeah it really shouldn't be this complicated. I've just never tried to game a twin basically right in front of her twin. It seems kind of odd. Like how do you choose which one to go for? Flip of a coin?

Last night my friends kept looking at her because they were trying to help me, but I think they may have ended up creeping her out because they got caught looking a bunch of times. I don't know. I think I'm going to wait until they're both together, then go up and say hi to the one I already know and then introduce myself to my target.
 

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Just a Shot Away said:
I think I'm going to wait until they're both together, then go up and say hi to the one I already know and then introduce myself to my target.
You just answered your own question man. Your overthinking of this (with your friends) is already starting to sabotage you. Just go talk to them and things will seriously work themselves out as long as you're not an idiot about it.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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