"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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Best article I've seen in a while: Date Other Women!!

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http://www.sosuave.com/quick/tip337.htm

I read this and I found it to be SO true it's not even funny. It seems like every time I "get back into the game" and start to date a couple women, I'll inevitably start to favor one and drop contacts with the others, but as soon as I do, the one starts getting away with more and more BS and it slips by because she's become your "sole-source" of girl-ness, so you don't have anything to compare her to and you're willing to put up with more BS to get what you want.

Seriously, if you're not, like, engaged or VERY seriously dating, date a couple of women. There's nothing wrong with that. The GIRL is doing it, you can be SURE of that...I've lost track of the number of times I used to hear my mother tell my sister to play the field, despite the fact that she had a boyfriend she SWORE she was going to marry one day. :rolleyes:
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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Is it me - or are your posts getting more and more pessemistic?




Seriously, if you're not, like, engaged or VERY seriously dating, date a couple of women. There's nothing wrong with that. The GIRL is doing it, you can be SURE of that...I've lost track of the number of times I used to hear my mother tell my sister to play the field, despite the fact that she had a boyfriend she SWORE she was going to marry one day.
 

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I've lost track of the number of times I used to hear my mother tell my sister to play the field, despite the fact that she had a boyfriend she SWORE she was going to marry one day

I'll inevitably start to favor one and drop contacts with the others, but as soon as I do, the one starts getting away with more and more BS
As I said, perhaps it's just me... but I seem to recall reading the last couple of posts that you originated being negative about your personal situation...??????

But again - maybe that was just my own perception.
 

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I'd say it's more pragmatic than pessimistic.
 

"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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