"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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Name a country/nation(s) that you would relocate/expatriate to.

ManFromTartarus

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Expats seeking a better quality of life, better financial leverage, and passport bros chasing foreign women are all over the media, and related to a lot of things we discuss here on SS.

Based on your needs/desires, where would you consider giving up your home for a new life? ,,, and why?



*Or would you just stay put and appreciate what you have?
 

"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.

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When I retire I will move to either Greece or Italy. It's something I always planned to do, not because of any particular reason. These countries are where my parents come from. I do stand to inherit some property, most likely Greece (Salonika). My younger sister will likely inherit whatever is in Italy. It's very likely Greece will be where I end up.
 

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When I retire I will move to either Greece or Italy. It's something I always planned to do, not because of any particular reason. These countries are where my parents come from. I do stand to inherit some property, most likely Greece (Salonika). My younger sister will likely inherit whatever is in Italy. It's very likely Greece will be where I end up.
Yiassou brother!! My father's side is from Messenia.
Beautiful land, water, food, and women, I just don't think I could move there though.
 

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I feel sorry for y'all Americans.
Usa is the first 1st world country to fall of his cliff.

There are now places in eastern Europe that I'd rather be than the USA. Its like a team whose playing for the top spots in the second division becomes better than a team at the bottom of the first division.

Most of my family is located im south America, and perhaps if I make enough money in my lifetime I'll relocate to that place.
 

"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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In order:

1. Puerto Rico - but it’s still the US, life moves at a different pace love it. All of the benefits of being in the US, few downsides.
2. Bariloche, Argentina
3. Puerto Varas, Chile
4. Puerto San Jose, Guatemala
5. Puerto Peñasco, Mexico - lots of paramilitary police presence, some police actions, but it’s because it’s 90 minutes from Lukeville, Az and a fairly big crossing. The locals and tourists are left alone for the most part.
 

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I feel sorry for y'all Americans.
Usa is the first 1st world country to fall of his cliff.

There are now places in eastern Europe that I'd rather be than the USA. Its like a team whose playing for the top spots in the second division becomes better than a team at the bottom of the first division.

Most of my family is located im south America, and perhaps if I make enough money in my lifetime I'll relocate to that place.
USA has been third world for a while now
 

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Yiassou brother!! My father's side is from Messenia.
Beautiful land, water, food, and women, I just don't think I could move there though.
:cool: My father is from Stoupa! Along with my cousins we would go to Voidokilia to try to meet girls all the time!
 

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I swear some of you really need to seek the help of a professional. The Cluster B pathologies are so apparent it’s getting kind of weird.
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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I'm fine in the US, I have too many ties here. I don't feel like I'm living in a third world country. The politics here is terrible, but you can ignore that until you can't. Canada seems to have gone full on Communist. I don't care about passport bros. I might consider a South American country, but I haven't researched enough to say which one.
 

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Panama
Ecuador
Portugal
Colombia
Costa Rica
Philippines

Probably some other ones...these are all countries that I will be able to comfortably retire on my SSI check when it comes that time and live comfortably and coupled with my 401K, live like a king.

Most of these places also have good healthcare systems, lots of ex-pats that live there and a good quality of life with costs 50% or less than what we pay in the US for pretty much everything.
 

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Philippines
Aside from South America, I'd consider the Philippines. I've always been fond of Filipina women, although that wouldn't be why I would be moving, if I did.
 

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I haven't thought about this question much until recently, but as of now Holland (especially Amsterdam) is extremely appealing to me. I'm awful at learning new languages so that rules out a fair number of places.
 

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I haven't thought about this question much until recently, but as of now Holland (especially Amsterdam) is extremely appealing to me. I'm awful at learning new languages so that rules out a fair number of places.
I am surprised ( and i shouldn't be its sosuave) that nobody picks out ; germany , norway,sweden Denmark ect, croatia ,poland ect . Is that because of the climate?

Those places are safe, great quality of life and also tons of pretty women. Especially a relocation. Thats not a vacation. Thise places will have an American like standard of living, perhaps even better than the States in many ways.
 

"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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I am staying put in Canada for now. Better the devil you know then the devil you dont know. Have received covid payments, welfare, had an insurance agent job and when I lost my job, employment insurance payments. Plus lots of cheap Spanish hors around that I will likely never visit. We have been spared from climate change problems. All my Trinidad relatives prefer here over Trinidad.
 

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I am surprised ( and i shouldn't be its sosuave) that nobody picks out ; germany , norway,sweden Denmark ect, croatia ,poland ect . Is that because of the climate?

Those places are safe, great quality of life and also tons of pretty women. Especially a relocation. Thats not a vacation. Thise places will have an American like standard of living, perhaps even better than the States in many ways.
In my case it’s the weather, the women, the population density, doing what I love most which is being on the beach and have it be warm. I also happen to speak German so it wouldn’t be much of an issue to live in Germany, as I have in the past - but it doesn’t appeal to me.
 

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The Pleiades and Andromeda are both sounding good right about now.
 

"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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