"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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do girls like clingy guys?

Err0r

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I know most girls dont like this at all, but my friend hooked up with this chick he just met and he would bend over back for her and text her all the time and spends all time with her. Something like that to me would make me think the girl would run away but guess not. You guys think there are girls out there that actually like the clingy nice guy?
 

"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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KontrollerX

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Like attracts like.

Which means a clingy guy and a clingy girl would probably hit it off and enjoy smothering eachother with their mutual clinginess.
 

horaholic

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Nope. Whoever is less clingy is the one who will eventually get turned off, and cheat/break up.
 

Allurre

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Being clingy, and spending a lot of time together is different.

Clingy reeks of desperation, neediness.

Yet, you can still spend a lot of time and be void of that feeling of neediness.

I hope you get the idea.

I literally spend time with my girl everyday -- we live together -- yet I still balance my own personal life with pleasure when she's around.

I do my work, while she does hers. All this takes place inside the same room.

It comes down to the social dynamics.
 

DJ Miquelo

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In my experience thru observing certain ppl i know, i have found that ugly girls now and again enjoy a clingy guy. Perhaps thats because she needs affection cos she hasnt had much in her life etc etc. So yeah id say that certain girls do like clingy guys! (however these are the undesirables ;))
 

"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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