"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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For those in LTRs... when was the time to move in together?

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ready123 said:
...You mentioned before failure is too costly. Which of these is more definitive of failure? Breaking your vows? Or sustaining an unhappy relationship?
If you're unsure, why get married? What will getting married offer you personally as a man that you couldn't achieve through a comitted relationship without marriage?
 

"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.

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Nightwing said:
That's exactly why you should give cohabitation at least a year prior to marriage.
In whose house, what happens if it doesn't work? Who leaves? Who has to start over at square one?

This is why I say do the long vacations first. At least each has mutually neutral corners to go to after the fight.
 

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Francisco d'Anconia said:
If you're unsure, why get married? What will getting married offer you personally as a man that you couldn't achieve through a comitted relationship without marriage?
that's a good point. never thought of it like that
 

"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.

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I made a big mistake a few years ago and let my girlfriend move in. I didn't even ask her to live with me. She just gradually kept bringing more and more of her stuff to my place and before I could think she was living with me. That was a big mistake and it took forever to get rid of her.
 

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My Name is Nobody said:
... I didn't even ask her to live with me. She just gradually kept bringing more and more of her stuff to my place and before I could think she was living with me. ....
:cuss: I hate it when that sh1t happens! Get up on a Monday morning, brush your teeth and notice right before the spit that you are brushing your teeth with someone else's toothbrush then you shoot Crest Wintergreen out your nose! :cuss: And don't get me started when another woman finds someone else's toothbrush and you have to make up a excuse...
"What? A pink toothbrush? Ohhh...Uhhh yeah, that's mine... I had run out of toothbrushes and I went to the store, right; and all they had were toothbrushes in those two-packs, right; but the only kind that they had left was the one with a pink and a blue one, right; so I had to but that one because I hadn't brushed my teeth in about a week, right; so since I am a man I used the blue one first, right; but somehow I misplaced that one, right; so I had to start using the pink one, right; but I didn't want to use it because I'm a man, right; plus I wanted to save that one for you, right; but I couldn't because I know that you like fresh breath, right; so that's why there's a pink toothbrush..."

"Huh? There's a green one on the sink too? Ummm, That's the one I use for the dog. :whistle:

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Oh come on, don't tell me I'm the only one who's had to use that excuse...
 
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