"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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End the Religious Spamming in "Anything Else"

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I usually don't ever recommend any censorship of any kind, particularly about religion (since I enjoy my own right to be vocally atheist/agnostic/non-religious). However, SEVERAL posts from JUST ME have sprung up in the "Anything Else" forum, none of them seeming to encourage any sort of discussion, most of them seeming to come from another source while not crediting said source. At last count there were probably half a dozen such threads and they seem to be increasing steadily.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Originally posted by Soshyopathe:
What's the matter, feeling a little unholy?
Always.
 

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uhhhh i really dont think there should be religious posts on this website... and even if there are... let there not be SO MANY that all you see is "find out why my opinion, desroys others opinions" on the boards.

i think there should be like seperate thread, where they post their emial, screen names, fone numbers, then they can get together and argue over who is right and whos wrong, wihtout me having to go scrolling thru a website filled wihtt he same things over adn over.

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"... I'm tensed a bit,
and tempted,
when I see the sins,
my friends commit,
I'm infinite... "-EMINEM
 

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He's died down a bit. I think he realizes it's hard to persuade anybody who visits message boards.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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