"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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Cold approaches on campus

Double J

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Do you guys regularly do cold approaches on campus? If so, how have they gone? I've done a few throughout my time in college thus far - some have led to great conversations and digits, and others have gone nowhere.

I often frequent HB hotspots on campus such as the cafeteria area and other patios to sit down and study or what not.. If a hot babe sits near, I try to lock eyes with her and eventually approach her. I've also gone up to them even if such eye contact isn't made, but the success rate for that isn't as great.

How have you guys' experiences been in college and what have you done in the past to be successful?
 

"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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david90

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Originally posted by Double J
Do you guys regularly do cold approaches on campus? If so, how have they gone? I've done a few throughout my time in college thus far - some have led to great conversations and digits, and others have gone nowhere.

I often frequent HB hotspots on campus such as the cafeteria area and other patios to sit down and study or what not.. If a hot babe sits near, I try to lock eyes with her and eventually approach her. I've also gone up to them even if such eye contact isn't made, but the success rate for that isn't as great.

How have you guys' experiences been in college and what have you done in the past to be successful?
how long do ECs between u and the girls usually last? I get a lot split second ECs. I wonder if they are any good
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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SheepSter

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Sometimes I see a beautiful HB I have never seen before. I see that as a chance, no matter what the outcome. On the campus I go direct or play like I'm lost. In the library you can do great things with EC. I found that the trick is just to open them, most of them will love you for it. Sometimes however they are in a hurry or got some other sh*t to do. But who cares as long as you try you're true to yourself. You can only win.
 
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