"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 you think women push men to break the law to show devotion?

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I was reading about the Paris love locks and it got me thinking:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...als-demands-end-popular-lovers-tradition.html

Evidently for a while, it is been a cultural meme for folks in the "City of Love" to attach padlocks to a certain bridge and throwing away the key into the River Seine below. Of course, this is a form of vandalism, akin to grafitti - and with the problem of the bridge structurally failing due to the weight of the locks!

This got me thinking that such acts of law-breaking has been a meme for quite a long time, as evidenced by the inclusion in Judeo-Christian mythology of the story of "Original Sin of Man" - i.e., Adam being told not eat from the Tree of Life, but Eve egging him on to do it. I can also recall reading about some anecdotal stories of teenage lads committing some crime because their girlfriends asked them to.
 

"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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I was reading about the Paris love locks and it got me thinking:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...als-demands-end-popular-lovers-tradition.html

Evidently for a while, it is been a cultural meme for folks in the "City of Love" to attach padlocks to a certain bridge and throwing away the key into the River Seine below. Of course, this is a form of vandalism, akin to grafitti - and with the problem of the bridge structurally failing due to the weight of the locks!

This got me thinking that such acts of law-breaking has been a meme for quite a long time, as evidenced by the inclusion in Judeo-Christian mythology of the story of "Original Sin of Man" - i.e., Adam being told not eat from the Tree of Life, but Eve egging him on to do it. I can also recall reading about some anecdotal stories of teenage lads committing some crime because their girlfriends asked them to.
Not just devotion, they disgustingly, seek power over men.

Yep original sin, it's why the Lord had to die on a tree, and be raised. We humans, are dispicable.

At least, there is hope.
 

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What a waste of good padlocks. They could have been used to lock up some of the crazy folks of the world in cages where they belong. I hope the City of Paris recycles them and takes the scrap metal money.
 

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uhhh i think france should worry more about their fkin refugee crisis and their puzzy ass police getting set on fire then some bullchit like this
 

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uhhh i think france should worry more about their fkin refugee crisis and their puzzy ass police getting set on fire then some bullchit like this
not really since that bridge is visited by everyone in the world, plus people sell padlocks close to that bridge, because is kinda a local legend, of putting a padlock and tossing the key in the river will amke your love for each other last forever, so that is the monetary thing here, imagine if they really forbidden that so less people traveling there not a good thing for the city, so what they do? they clean the padlocks every couple of years, and the people close by are selling now pretty light padlocks lol

but for the op, is not really that is something like a prove to everyone they love each other, is that thing, some people care more about what others see not what really is happening, don't matter if they talk with each other when they are alone, only matter everyone they know thinks they are having a marvelous marriage, is all about the image not the truth
 

"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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