"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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cNfny

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tonight i brought a girl i've been talking to for a friend's b-day little bash. two of my friends who also came along were monoplizing the conversations, diverting all attention on to themselves which at first i was laughing and being entertained like the rest. about 20 minutes into it, i just lost any and all urges to even blurt out a single word. it felt like i would have had to yell to even make a funny statement, and i didnt want to put in the effort of being loud to be heard. so i resorted to being quiet and aloof on the verbal aspect of the interactions pretty much 70% of the night.

my friends high energy made me feel bored and i probably reeked of it.
this tends to happen a lot to me whenever theres a crowd, where i feel id have to shout to be in everyone else's decibal range of noticability.

am i wrong for feeling like that? how does it affect the way a girl thinks towards you?
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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Your not wrong for feeling that way. Feelings arent right or wrong. They just are.

It sounds like social settings arent your strong point for attracting women, that's all. Find a way to work around it.
 

cNfny

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any tips?

or do i avoid them at all costs?
 

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Are you worried about how you are being percieved by the group or just the girl?

If it's just the girl, maybe you could find a way to separate the two of you from the crowd and make yourself the center of attention. Just a guess.
 
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