"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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Different cities for the summer

Nobody

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Sup fellas. Went out with this girl once. Never escalated to anything. Was only able to take her out once before our summer classes ended. She lives 4 hours away (school is 8 hours away). I'm well aware I got oneitis if I'm asking this. I have full intentions of playing the field (already got two other girls lined up), but I'm definitely interested in her come fall as well. How much attention do I show her without ruining my chances? The other thing is that we're in this iphone group called beluga. beluga is just an app where it's one big chat room via text messages. She'll chime in and I'll chime in every now and then, but we rarely acknowledge each other in it. Mainly just our friends going back and forth. Should I just drop out of beluga and disappear only texting her directly till fall comes back? How often should I text her without going too hard or going not often enough and losing interest?
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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thevilittletroll

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my advice would be to use facebook instead. she can see what you post on your wall, and its not just about her, everbody sees it. then just send her texts randomly. 1 one week, skip a week, 2 the next week, skip a week ect...no more than two initiations in a week. all you are trying to do is to keep her thinking about you all summer, i wouldnt really try to "game" her until school starts again.
 

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thevilittletroll said:
my advice would be to use facebook instead. she can see what you post on your wall, and its not just about her, everbody sees it. then just send her texts randomly. 1 one week, skip a week, 2 the next week, skip a week ect...no more than two initiations in a week. all you are trying to do is to keep her thinking about you all summer, i wouldnt really try to "game" her until school starts again.
Everyone else agree?
 
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