"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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Friend or Foe?

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Dear guys:

I am an RAFC. Several years ago, I met a guy at the apt. complex where I live. Seemed cool enough. He moved to Asia about 2 years ago. He's got lots of $$ and has since taken up residence there permanently. His only reason for being there is 'cause the chicks are easy to get.

Consequently, I only converse with him over Instant Messenger.

His story is this: he got out of a bad relationship with some chick who stole buku $bucks from him and has ever since bad-mouthed American women and holds no respect for me or anyone that wants to date chicks here. He thinks all chicks here are just out "to get you" and that "the only guys that can get them" are rich-jerks.

I am basically a newbie at this stuff and as everyone knows you can't feed a newborn meat... he first has to digest milk.

Should I keep this guy on my PM list even though he presents this kind of negativsm? My thinking is this: show him that he's wrong about his beliefs in the women here, as I present to him successes of my struggles.

Or by listening to this negative evangelism am I doing myself more harm than good?

Thanks
 

"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.

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RockfordTDog

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First glance it appears you would like to save your friend from his skewed view of American chicks. It seems that he only wants to impress upon you that you're a dumbass.
I've stopped associating with people who seem to run a kind of kangaroo court. No matter what, they would try to find me guilty of being a dumbass.
My life is better for it.

Willing to bet that if you had the finest, most decent chick imaginable, every thing you ever wanted..... he'd say youre a dumbass, what he's got is better than what you've got. I'd say lose this "friend".
 

KontrollerX

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Those types can be fun to keep around to patronize.

Though if his negativity really eats at you and you can't find any humour out of it you'll have to cut the cancer loose.
 

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Thanks KontrollerX, I had forgotten how much fun it is to mess with these types.
 

mintxx

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there will always be people with chips on their shoulders who look for evidence to confirm their little theories and their self fulfulling prophecies. steer clear and get into DJ boot camp!
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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making a post about a guy in asia on your IM strikes me as someone who is more trouble than they are worth. every relationship should be additive or at least neutral to your life. This casual "relationship" should be easy and flowing. it's not. delete.
 

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Thanks for the advice. I took it too; and it feels as though a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Thanks, again.
 

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He's got a point. Quality women are somewhat rare. They're not impossible to find, tho. Look into the Natural Order of Things, and seek out real women.

Negativity actually helps me with women, I think. Pook's Blog is extremely negative, but it's also entirely true, and it helps me keep from putting girls on a pedastal just because they're pretty.

If you think it's hurting you, just don't talk to him very often.
 

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Law 10: Avoid the Unhappy and the Unlucky

If everything that guy do is make yourself more negative, stay away from him. All you do is just chat with him online right... and all of that just makes your depressed right?

As for women, avoid the neurotic thinking of women, I had a feeling LMS or obsidian will say that (and support him in a way). I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with their ideas, but right now it probably going to make you neurotic.
 
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