"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.
Women are Dumb! Fact
- Thread starter Stem
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"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.
Joe The Homophobe
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TedJustAdmitIt
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So this hot blonde girl is cleaning some counters at her work. I can't help but notice that the counters she was cleaning were smearing REALLY bad.
I look at the bottle she is holding and it says "Stainless Steel and Chrome Cleaner"
:crackup:
run out of windex?
"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
themanwithnoname
Senior Don Juan
incorrectOriginally posted by themanwithnoname
men are dumb too, d umbass.
undesputable
Master Don Juan
theres no such thingOriginally posted by themanwithnoname
men are dumb too, d umbass.
DJ_in_making
Master Don Juan
um, are you a man, 'cuz that's just insulting yourself fyi.....Originally posted by themanwithnoname
men are dumb too, d umbass.
"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.
Heyjose25points
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rofl!Originally posted by Stem
Hmmm.. so who’s the dumb one then??
The women.. or the guy who continuously chooses to go out with such women, then comes here to boast about it?