"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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Delete that Number NOW!

HBK

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Hey guys hope your all keeping well.
Well to be honest im not in the best of moods,but i suppose i could be worse. Ive been texting this bird for the last 2 weeks,anyway make a long story short shes not interested.Her loss!!
well just after receiving the "lets just be friends" text(still figuring where the strategy went wrong),i looked through my phone realised i have plenty friends already.....And i dont need someone whos deceitful and spoiled as a friend .I simply deleted her out of existence. I felt damn happy after doing so,because i wont be re-reading texts,worrying myself and thinking "what if" negative negative........... not a good way to be thinking

Any girl who i might have had a relationship before with,or screwed around with,and didnt respect me.I delete their number.For the simple reaseon of temptation. There is always a little bit of AFC in you, wanting to pick up the phone, and text some bit<h who doesnt deserve your attention.Shes probably an old flame,or somebody who you still believe is interested(maybe a quick hello!!!)...

Believe me more than 90% of the time,their not!!

Delete the negative numbers in your phone,avoid the temptation.Think positive and start again from scratch!
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Don't text a girl. It's not very manly.

Also it's easy to get carried away with texts therefore giving her too much attention. Don't be a girlie man, call, don't text.
 

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I've just had pretty much the same thing!!! Having managed to attain a reasonable level of DJ skills, I now find myself back in AFC land!!!

I split up with a girl about four weeks ago, and STUPIDLY believed everything was still cool. After all, I'd since visited her at Uni, and we had carried on much as normal, if you get my drift. She still loved me, we talked on the phone everyday, she sent me letters, I sent her chocolates (In hindsight I was THE uberAFC!!). And then I went out to France last week (part of a degree until X-Mas), having been reassured that this was probably just a break, and that we would see each other at X_Mas etc. We would probably go out again I was told. After all, my going away was the main problem, right?


I invited her over to Paris for a weekend, and got the brush off, as she 'was too busy'. So AFC me says 'hey, I'll fly over to see you'. Then I get the truth- Lets Just Be Friends. I got a few more reasons out of her "don't want to commit etc' but to be honest, I didn't really care. I'd been played like a fool.

Alas, I did the DJ thing and told her not to call, write, e-mail or darken my door again. I am absolutely gutted, to tell the truth, but know deep down that I have saved myself a lot of grief in the long run. I'm in the gym and out running at every opportunity, to get myself back to top form, and I'm going to take a few months to revise my gameplan.


You are right about the phone numbers though. Those and the letters have been ditched, lest I get a moment of weakness and get all AFC again. I was going to send them back, but theres no point in being vindictive about all this.

I suppose other than this being a rant, that the moral of the story is that you should never let your game slip. Even when you get comfortable with somebody, don't become an AFC like I did. Being a nice guy is fine, but make sure that she at least meets you half-way.

Anybody who wants to respond is welcome to, just don't give me grief for being an AFC. As you can tell, I've already figured that one out.


Cyrano;)
 

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Hmm don't text.

If in doubt call.

Agreed, if she's not interested then remove the number. This is especially important if you have little space for new numbers.

cheers,
felony.
 

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Only text ....

if you're in a noisy environment -- such as a concert -- and that's the only way to communicate.
 

"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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It's hard, but it has to be done. Deleting the number of a girl you've been after a while sucks. But don't think of it as a loss, think of it as experience gained towards your next prospect.
 

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Another huge benefit of deleting the number is when alcohol becomes involved. You know after you get really smashed and you want to call ssomeone. Bad idea, very bad idea, let me tell you. Then you get your 'friends' who think it's really funny to call everyone on your phone and then hand it to you. Then your like "who the f--- is this?" and they are like "who the f--- is this?" And when your drunk you think this is funny and keep it up for like 10 minutes.

Delete that biatch anyways. It's like clearing a taint from you essence.
 

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Hehe, thats sounds familiar :D
 

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I always delete the biotches numbers that arent worthy! Helps you forget about them faster too!
 

"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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Originally posted by Trogdawg
Another huge benefit of deleting the number is when alcohol becomes involved. You know after you get really smashed and you want to call ssomeone.

I know ive been there,that whole 2 o clock in the morning crap,and regretting it the next day oh well...
 

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been there also, few drinks, start deluding myself on my importance and that horrible sinking feeling the next day.
 

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Revlis said:
Don't text a girl. It's not very manly.

Also it's easy to get carried away with texts therefore giving her too much attention. Don't be a girlie man, call, don't text.
Revlis youre the man! I always tell my friends the same thing and theyre like its fine everyone texts blah blah, they look like sissys when they do it no wonder they arent getting any play from these chicks! :rockon:
 

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I get great response out of my girl texting. But the thing is, nearly everything I text is just alter-ego crap and acting in ways I wouldn't in person, never serious stuff.

Typical text convo:

Her: what are you doing ho?
Me: SHUT UP *****, I'm BUSY
and so on.

You have to have rapport to do this of course, and of course the girl has to have the personality that enjoys it, but I think texting can be a great way of being distant but playful.

I think the real key is just to switch things up a lot. If you usually call, then text. If you often text, start calling. etc.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Texting is fine in my age group. Don't write a book, just invite them out to **** and ignore random texts from them. It works for me.
 

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"Senior Don Juan" ???

HBK said:
Hey guys hope your all keeping well.
Well to be honest im not in the best of moods,but i suppose i could be worse. Ive been texting this bird for the last 2 weeks,anyway make a long story short shes not interested.Her loss!!
well just after receiving the "lets just be friends" text(still figuring where the strategy went wrong),i looked through my phone realised i have plenty friends already.....And i dont need someone whos deceitful and spoiled as a friend .I simply deleted her out of existence. I felt damn happy after doing so,because i wont be re-reading texts,worrying myself and thinking "what if" negative negative........... not a good way to be thinking

Any girl who i might have had a relationship before with,or screwed around with,and didnt respect me.I delete their number.For the simple reaseon of temptation. There is always a little bit of AFC in you, wanting to pick up the phone, and text some bit<h who doesnt deserve your attention.Shes probably an old flame,or somebody who you still believe is interested(maybe a quick hello!!!)...

Believe me more than 90% of the time,their not!!

Delete the negative numbers in your phone,avoid the temptation.Think positive and start again from scratch!

Why should they respect you? It's obvious you look at these "*****es" as sex objects. And either way, why are you texting them? Call them, but only about once a week, and only to make a date. And then if you end up in a LTR still be conservative with the calls. Texting is for 7th and 8th graders, not "Senior Don Juans."
 
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