"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.

Read more...

Favorites

Biggie

Don Juan
Joined
Aug 6, 2007
Messages
179
Reaction score
3
Location
SoCal
So one thing i have done that has worked for me is call a girl my favorite. Let me explain. I would say something ****y and funny, or neg hit a girl in a playful way, and then i'd say "you know you're my favorite right?" It works with anyone too. My teacher who is about 35 used to not like me, then i started telling her she's my favorite teacher with a joking smile on my face, and she likes me a lot now. I'm one of her favorite students now. I also used this technique on a girl who i have been with for 8 months now. I used to mess up her hair and tell her to shut up and say she was annoying me, in a joking tone of course, and then i would just say "i'm just messing with you, you know you're my favorite right?" and she is completely in love with me (as i am with her). Just thought i'd share that with you all.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

Read more...

Cashew

Don Juan
Joined
Jul 2, 2008
Messages
176
Reaction score
5
Biggie, you're my favorite!


also... LA SoCal or SD SoCal?
 
Top