MatureDJ
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"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
Playboy article: Pick--up Lines That Have Actually Worked
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"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Serenity
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Amusing.
When I first met my girlfriend she said "I'm used to pain" in a happy way, it was just such a fvcked up thing to say that it really intrigued me. She wasn't even consciously trying to pick me up, it just randomly came out of her and that made her even more interesting.
When I first met my girlfriend she said "I'm used to pain" in a happy way, it was just such a fvcked up thing to say that it really intrigued me. She wasn't even consciously trying to pick me up, it just randomly came out of her and that made her even more interesting.
zekko
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I always thought that whoever came up with the "You're my girlfriend for the next five minutes" line was pretty clever, I've always thought that was a good line. Sets up a non-platonic frame without being crude or serious. But I would NEVER use it, it's such a CLICHE now, straight from the Mystery playbook and sounds like it. If it wasn't so well known I would.
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Well, was she?
I think you can use such lines to great success if you adapt them to the situation, but not cold & out of the blue.
Serenity
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She's still my girlfriend, so yes very interesting.
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.