"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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Wow, what a fraud.

"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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I don't care what you say. Even if he rigs some of the stuff on the show, he's still 100x more man than anyone else here. The guy summited Everest and went across the Atlantic ocean on a small boat for Christ's sake.
 

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are you sure it was everest and the atlantic? and just the rock climb at the gym and his backyard swimming pool with awesome camera tricks/effects? :rockon:
 

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Yea he probably is still a bad-ass in real life, but I was disappointed after seeing that clip. I was a fan when his show first started. ButI think if there is one thing that human beings can't stand the most, it is the feeling that you've been deceived or manipulated. If the show is more about the ratings than authenticity, you can count me out from watching it. Now you have to question everything he does. Like did he really eat raw zebra meat? If he didn't, then not only is he deceiving us, but he is giving horrible advice which may get someone killed. I recalled a thread on this very forum where people were contemplating to do what he did (Yikes!). There's a whole website dedicated to exposing him apparently: http://www.daughtersoftiresias.org/bearwiki/Main_Page
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Falcon said:
Yea he probably is still a bad-ass in real life, but I was disappointed after seeing that clip. I was a fan when his show first started. ButI think if there is one thing that human beings can't stand the most, it is the feeling that you've been deceived or manipulated. If the show is more about the ratings than authenticity, you can count me out from watching it. Now you have to question everything he does. Like did he really eat raw zebra meat? If he didn't, then not only is he deceiving us, but he is giving horrible advice which may get someone killed. I recalled a thread on this very forum where people were contemplating to do what he did (Yikes!). There's a whole website dedicated to exposing him apparently: http://www.daughtersoftiresias.org/bearwiki/Main_Page
Wow. And i thought the delusion stopped with women and money.

It's just TELEVISION people!
 

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So no one found this surprising? It surprised me. Lately, the majority of my TV watching is with the Discovery and History channel. I always thought these two channels were at least a little more credible than the others.

I could've sworn people were treating Bear like a god not long ago.
 

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Falcon said:
So no one found this surprising? It surprised me. Lately, the majority of my TV watching is with the Discovery and History channel. I always thought these two channels were at least a little more credible than the others.

I could've sworn people were treating Bear like a god not long ago.
Uh, who treats Bear like a god? It doesn't surprise me at all.

C'mon now, do you really believe that reality tv is 100% real? Even if they didn't stage ONE thing, it is still in the hands of the editors to make an interesting show, and that might mean showing things in a certain way or omitting other things to make it entertaining.
 
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