"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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Does 'Familiarity' scrores you points?

Maximummax

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If you frequent any place and you like a chic there, did you ask her out and scored a date?

people tend to feel more comfortable with, and slightly more positive toward, faces they see regularly (as long as the interactions stay pleasant). Being a consistent, polite, low-pressure regular can make you feel safer and more familiar than a complete stranger. That removes some of the “random guy approaching me” friction.
 

"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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At first glance I thought "Oh no! Not ANOTHER ONE!" lol

I actually think there is something here. A lot of ONS or STR of mine have come from this type of interaction. Not only can you DHV at this place and show that you're socially apt, but you can also show proof of consistency. You're likely going to dress, act, joke, or 'vibe' the same way at this place, giving her the 'comfort' factor instead of the 'ick' factor.

Plus, if she hangs out at the same spot and wasn't just hopping from guy to guy at said place, chances are she is your type of fun and there may be LTR potential there too.
 

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I used to do this. It took about 4 visits spread out over 6weeks or so. You need to go when they aren't as busy and have more time to talk. I only asked for the number if I was certain I was going to get it. You don't want to get labeled as the guy asking everyone out. And just don't single her out, talk to everyone.
 

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A good example of this is what I Call ' Laptop, Coffee chilling' at Starbucks or a cafe. Keep being a regular and keep coming over there and chat up the baristas and let them know of your situation and how you're a bachelor looking to meet Ms. right and things will come naturally if you've got decent social skills and got a calm good vibe about you.
 

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I think waitresses, tellers, and other customer service workers often show interest in you during the first 2–3 interactions. After that, if you continue returning, you become just another regular customer.

In the end, customer-service interactions are often fleeting, and that initial interest can quickly fade once you settle into the role of a regular customer.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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@Maximummax "people tend to feel more comfortable with, and slightly more positive toward, faces they see regularly (as long as the interactions stay pleasant)"

Next, we'll learn that

-Our oceans are filled with salt water

-High school football is mistaken for the pinnacle of human achievement throughout rural Texas

-Prospects of getting mugged are far higher on the South Side of Chicago than they are on The Gold Coast

To your point though: Yeah, a fella's dating and mating and life is far more vibrant if one is out in public regulalry, and his public image is that of a bona fide mensch
 

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A good example of this is what I Call ' Laptop, Coffee chilling' at Starbucks or a cafe. Keep being a regular and keep coming over there and chat up the baristas and let them know of your situation and how you're a bachelor looking to meet Ms. right and things will come naturally if you've got decent social skills and got a calm good vibe about you.
That worked incredibly well for me in the mid to late 2000s, but after 2012 or so, there was a decent shift in the type of people who did this sort of thing or responded to it.
 
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