"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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Action Dates, Action Places, Action Things!!

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The Cold North.
There's not much to do in my town of suburbia.. but here's what I came up with:


-Pool
-Miniput
-Golf
-Bowling
-Get drunk at bar? (I'm not even sure this is action)
-Gym
-A bunch of other things I cannot think off the top of my head right now.


Anyone got anything to add?

What stuff do you guys do on action dates, OR do with your friends?
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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flippinfreak

Master Don Juan
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Location
Canada
-Hockey
-Soccer
-Football
-BasketBall
-Driving(from one end of town to the other, offroad in the summer)
-Hiking
-Going for a walk at 2 in the morning
 

Charm

Master Don Juan
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Bicycling
Rollerblading/Rollerskating/Iceskating
Frisbee
Kite Flying (Awesome Date if you have a good kite)
 

"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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