"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.
Don't be this guy.
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"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
Ace of Flames
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wow, that guy is sad.
it blows my mind why he would stay with her. what an idiot...
it blows my mind why he would stay with her. what an idiot...
spider_007
Master Don Juan
GOD HELP THE WOMAN WHO DOES THAT TO ME
Scrumtulescence
Master Don Juan
This Thursday on Fox: Wives With Knives!
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
SynTheUnscathed
Don Juan
Some ones been playing too much WoW....
hydrocodone
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hahahah, that was funny as hell, thats the perfect wife.i want her
alfadog
Don Juan
I went to college with that guy!
Oh my God, I went to college with that guy! I Engineered his senior project at Berklee College of Music in 1988. Damn what a small world! He was always a real quiet dude, never bothered anyone. Can't believe he wound up with a heffer like that. Wow, and I thought my Ex was psycho!!!
Oh my God, I went to college with that guy! I Engineered his senior project at Berklee College of Music in 1988. Damn what a small world! He was always a real quiet dude, never bothered anyone. Can't believe he wound up with a heffer like that. Wow, and I thought my Ex was psycho!!!
"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.
alfadog
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Brak, I swear to God! When Berklee College of Music did their first student CD release, Devin wrote one of the 10 songs that they picked. He Produced the track and I recorded and and mixed it. I almost fell out of my chair when I seen that clip. As soon as I saw his face I said, "hmmm, that looks like Dev"; and then when I saw the name on the screen, I just about choked. His parents moved to Santa Barbara, CA, when we were in college and they had money. I thought he'd land a sweetie, not some heffer on a Lorena Bobbit kick! Can you imagine that being out on the internet for the world to see?! I'm gonna save that clip so that whenever I feel down about a relationship, I can look at that and thank the lucky stars that it's not me! That clip was stamped 1994, hopefully he got out of that BAD BAD situation! UNBELIEVEABLE!!!
Yes but after turning on the T.V last week, this guy (and I use the term losely) is sadder.
http://www.youtube.com/w/American-Idol-5-girl-guy-funny?v=yvdu0x9hmfQ&search=American Idol worst
Ace of Flames
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hahaha i saw that guy on the show too. oh wow. i blame the family. you saw he had all females to go back to. no father figure, no male figure at all in his family. and all these girls are retards. they raised him like a girl! they even bought his clothes and cut his hair like a girl! wtf. psycho....
"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.