"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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Woman laments that eHarmony date overstated height by 2"

ThunderMaverick

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D!ck wagging aside, any guy would be pissed if their date from POF was 10 pounds heavier than her picture. She had a preference and the guy BS'd her.

What's with the double standard? She stated what she liked and the guy lied. Why shouldn't she be irritated?

If I ask for cheese on my whopper and I don't get it...I'm sending the motherfu<ker back.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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bigjohnson

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ThunderMaverick said:
D!ck wagging aside, any guy would be pissed if their date from POF was 10 pounds heavier than her picture. She had a preference and the guy BS'd her.
While I agree with you, you have to know that the above happens more than not. Online dating is a wasteland.
 

f283000

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ThunderMaverick said:
D!ck wagging aside, any guy would be pissed if their date from POF was 10 pounds heavier than her picture. She had a preference and the guy BS'd her./QUOTE]
That's why you always ask for her to take a pic of herself from head to toe before your date (and you do the same). You tell her this is to keep things honest bla bla lba
 

"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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mrRuckus

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SoldMySoul said:
Hotornot, I usually pull around a 9 or so as well, so my looks not much of a problem.
Unless you're ugly, everyone pulls an 8 or 9 on hotornot. Really, you can stick up damn near any picture and get that. You can even leave out your face.
 
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