"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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a problem.... a question actually

UnexpectedTeen

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first, some background
i have this platonic female friend (lets call her jill) askin me out, agreeing about me wantin to meet her boy. so iwas like cool, got another wing tat i could hang with. we went to a "secret" (less known cafe) to chat. and found out tat the boy was some what of a natural dj himself. and in the mist of de chat, a girl came from me behind and sat down beside me(5at 1st but gave her 7after the chat) tat girl was a friend of jill who happens to walk by(yeah rite like she would walk into a secluded area herself).
ne way, talk about havin female friends around u, tat was way too cool.

some weeks passed, jill's boy asked me out one day for some advice.

his prob.... failin jill's test
the question jill asked:
If one day both your mom and i fell into the water who would u save 1st?

he answered: my mom
jill was like pi$sed face, i was like wat the heck, i would save me mom too!!!

you guys have ne solutions tat have more tact in handling tis question? i think answerin saving either of the two is bound to fail tis test
 

"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.

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jonny football hero

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Look her in the eyes.

"wait till it happens" - with a seductive smile.

she'll think you're gonna save her, but you know you're gonna save your mum.
 

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here's my cynical self again...ahem:

her: would you save me or your mom?

me: you because i know my mom can swim and you're like a rock.

her: what?!?!

me: don't worry, i'll let go if you're too difficult.

her: :mad:

me: :D

I always keep stuff humorous so she never knows whether I'm kidding or not. MWAHAHAHAHA.
 
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Originally posted by jonny football hero
Look her in the eyes.

"wait till it happens" - with a seductive smile.

she'll think you're gonna save her, but you know you're gonna save your mum.
I think that would be absolutely the best way to handle the situation. But any girl who wants to freak out if you said you would save your mom first is taking this hypothetical situation way to serious.
 

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I know this sounds AFC-ish but I've been using this answer everytime and it worked for me.

"I'll save my mom first, then I'll jump into the water and die with you"
 

"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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Originally posted by Veloso
I know this sounds AFC-ish but I've been using this answer everytime and it worked for me.

"I'll save my mom first, then I'll jump into the water and die with you"
haha oooo thats rough

i guess girls would find that as a sweet thing to say buuut..why bother dieing?
 

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Originally posted by AFK Protector
here's my cynical self again...ahem:

her: would you save me or your mom?

me: you because i know my mom can swim and you're like a rock.

her: what?!?!

me: don't worry, i'll let go if you're too difficult.

her: :mad:

me: :D

I always keep stuff humorous so she never knows whether I'm kidding or not. MWAHAHAHAHA.
:p I like this one the best
 
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