"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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Friendship that has gone sexual, but confusing

thegoodstuff

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I'm 19. So I have been friends with this girl who I find to be a lot of fun, and pretty attractive 7.3/10 or so, and I decided to take her on a date which went fine and ended up with our first kiss. Then I hung out with her a little later (2 days), and I think I might have gone to far on her for a second hang out day, and because of this I'm not sure what to do anymore.

No sex, but lots of stuff before it. We discussed the situation afterwards and our feelings and came to the conclusion that we may have gone to fast.

Now I am a little over a month of being single after an almost 4 year relationship, and I'm not looking for any commitments, and possibly may be having a reaction of being uncomfortable as a result of my mental state of possibly not being fully ready to move on and offer any major emotional efforts. It's like I don't have a drive for intense liking that causes me to want to care a lot about her. It also has been my first hook up since the 4 year LTR, and it felt very weird (almost foreign to my body), which I believe is a result of my body being familiar with someone else and something else, almost like a habit being broken (is this natural after a LTR?).

I have a feeling that she might be looking for something a little more than friends with benefits because she told me she wasn't that type of girl for "friends with benefits." BUT She clearly stated to me that she wasn't looking for a relationship either, and just wants to have fun and have someone to talk to (plus she stated its not worth it cuz she's going away to college in 6 months), but how do I go about making the right move so that I'm not tied down to her and can do whatever I want? I don't want to hurt her.

What the hell should I do? I've told her that I don't want to hurt her because I feel like I don't want to push her further than I have (basically giving her the idea that I'm not willing or ready to offer anything emotional), and she has stated that she appreciates me not forcing her into any decision. I feel like we're at a stand still where both of us have basically said to one another that we're not sure what we want.

Should I just move on and stay friends only? Or is that too late? Or should I give it another shot?
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Kailex

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Aye.

She doesn't want a relationship... because she's leaving for college in 6 months.
She doesn't want friends with benefits.

She wants a fvck buddy.

Again... repeat this over and over... she's leaving in 6 months.
Her mouth is saying "NO" but her tongue is saying "I want to blow you"
 

thegoodstuff

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I should have seen this. I was a bit confused because I read an article here that told me I need to know what I'm looking for, and if she didn't fit the picture I needed to move on because I CAN'T change her. But I believe you guys are right and that she means otherwise. ;)
 

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My only other question is if it is normal to feel awkward during a first hook up soon after a LTR such as mine?
 
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