"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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I dunno...I just think the blue, gray, and white is kinda sickly. Both on the main page AND on the forum. Maybe you should try changing it up? Maybe some warmer colors...something darker and easier on the eyes.

The old main page was easy on the eyes and comfortable to read. The new one, having a white background, is like staring into a light bulb.
 

"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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like staring into a light bulb.
I've head that quite a many times...
It's true though.

I liked the oldschool color theme (as I even remember it anymore)
I said this before and I say it now:
Let's get that oldschool colors back!
 

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Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova
For those who don't remember (or weren't here for) the old color scheme, here it is:

http://www.sosuave.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/001472.html
ha! i prefer this 1, but i must say i prefered the old colour scheme of the main site, its to plain now and looks like somthing done by a total amture messing around with microsoft frontpage!
 

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If you go into your user settings on this forum you can change your colors to pink.

I don't know why you'd want to, but you can.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova
If you go into your user settings on this forum you can change your colors to pink.

I don't know why you'd want to, but you can.
Yes, and if I remember correctly, they weren't there when the new forums started... They were ADDED later and were adverticed with an announcement!
 
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