"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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Americans: How is the health care mandate helping/hurting you

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I just turned 23. I have a full time job with an employer that offers pretty reasonable health care plans but I'm opting out to remain under my parents' plan until I turn 26. (Saves myself 90+ dollars or so...thanks Obama! ;) )

For ****s and giggles I looked up plans on the exchange, and for my age the cheapest plan is like $130 and I think the next best is around $160. And these are terrible in comparison to what my job offers. I know that those who are young (35+ or below) REALLY get the shaft here with higher costs. And compounding this with increased costs regarding student loans, higher costs of living, rent, mortgage, car insurance, etc. **** adds up quick.

Unfortunately, my job pays me in peanuts so adding $130+ to all my other bills really hurts when I'm not really living a lavish life to begin with. So I guess I'm pretty lucky in the short term that this is an expense I can avoid for a little bit.
 

"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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Upside said:
I just turned 23. I have a full time job with an employer that offers pretty reasonable health care plans but I'm opting out to remain under my parents' plan until I turn 26. (Saves myself 90+ dollars or so...thanks Obama! ;) )

For ****s and giggles I looked up plans on the exchange, and for my age the cheapest plan is like $130 and I think the next best is around $160. And these are terrible in comparison to what my job offers. I know that those who are young (35+ or below) REALLY get the shaft here with higher costs. And compounding this with increased costs regarding student loans, higher costs of living, rent, mortgage, car insurance, etc. **** adds up quick.

Unfortunately, my job pays me in peanuts so adding $130+ to all my other bills really hurts when I'm not really living a lavish life to begin with. So I guess I'm pretty lucky in the short term that this is an expense I can avoid for a little bit.
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Don't thank Obama, thank people like myself that are having their rates nearly doubled to subsidize your plan.

And what about the Millions that will lose their health care outright?

I don't think they are thanking Obama.

Someday, you'll grow up and when you're parents aren't footing your bills, you won't be thanking Government for taking 40% of what you make to support deadbeats that live off of your taxes while you get up at 6 AM everyday and bust your ass while they sleep until noon and lounge in front of the TV all day.
 
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