"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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    To wait or not?

    I have a strong interest in a woman, as she does with me. We have been friends for about a year and slept together a couple of times in that period. She has recently ended the non monogamous relationship she was in during that time. The other day while over at mine said " I'm one of her closest...
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