"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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"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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What the hell does that mean?


Why would...

...how do I word this?


If you ....



Hold On. I have to read this article again. What the hell is the point that it's trying to make!?

*reads*


This makes me want to vomit. You're pretty much trying to say "it didn't happen and that person who's hymen broke was not me". It happened, or else you wouldn't spend so much time trying to think that it didn't happen. Can a person who murders someone say "I didn't murder anyone. I'm born again! Never happened!"

Also the article states that some women feel cheap. Well, if you base your whole self image on your first time then that might be a problem. Why can't you use it as a learning experience?
 
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I've heard the term, "born-again virgin" before. Hell, I don't even like "born-again Christians"...they refuse to own up to what they've done and instead say, "The Devil made me do it". Part of "repentance" is to acknowledge that you're imperfect and have sinned and WILL sin again, and that only the mercy of God can save you.

As for "born-again virgins"...if I meet one...not interested. Sex feels weird enough without having to deal with someone's pyscho-social hang-ups.
 
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The sad thing is that there will probably be some guy that will buy her BS.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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so glad i'm a long way from the states. religious countries = flat out weird
 
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