"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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"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
GodsGiftToFatBirds
Senior Don Juan
Haha, thats a cracking line, i like it, where'd u get it from?
Got any more like it?
MindOverMatter
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Haha, that part made me laugh my ass off. It was very Tucker Max like.
You handled that perfectly, good job man.
GodsGiftToFatBirds
Senior Don Juan
Haha, I was reading that and thought it looked fairly familiar, but it wasn't till i saw my own reply to it that i realised it was actually an old thread!
So in what ways have you changed or improved since then?
And out of interest, do you make use of the numbers you got while having a girlfriend, or did you just close them purely for practise?
"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.
aftershock
Master Don Juan
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
I seriously want to do this now...