"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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Sir Drinksalot

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I don't know what's goiong on with me, but since 2 Saturdays ago when I got 2 women at a party begging me to call them, I've been bombing out with everything in a skirt that crosses my path.

I've struck out so much I feel like Sammy Sosa on quaaludes.

It started with my FB cancelling on me because she had BOWLING LEAGUE that night. Wtf is that. Then a local single mom suddenly stopped returning my calls. Girl that flirts at one of my clients turns to ice. Two dunces at the gym ysterday had NO response to a hilarious line I thought of, and so far this morning, I've tried to start up a convo with an Asian on the train, and she didn't keep it going at all and acted annoyed.

I hate this. These things have always gone in streaks for me and I still don't understand why. I'm the same a**hole. Wtf.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Sir Drinksalot said:
I'm the same a**hole. Wtf.
Take a break chief. Stop living your life for women and start living it for YOU. Don't try to break into her world, pull her into yours. You don't do that by chasing everything with a skirt.

You do it by being confident, living your life, and approaching naturally when the situation presents itself.

Also, a key thing for you to look for is indicators of interest. Simple test: look at the woman, make eye contact, and smile. If she smiles back, approach. If she turns her head away real fast or looks down, don't approach.

Also, analyze the places you are chasing these girls. There are some places that women jsut do not want to be bothered! Like on a train, for instance. You're best successes will be at SOCIAL events, not on a train or in the market where people HAVE to go. You're best sucesses are going to be where people CHOOSE to go.
 

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I totally hear ya man.. I swear sometimes this is like a damn sign wave. It's like I'll have a great weekend; great date Friday night, get 2-3 numbers and party Saturday night, have the time of my life. I'll have chicks I haven't talk to in MONTHs calling me that same weekend, at a time when I really could care less that they exist.. They didn't want me that weekend I had nothing to do, but by God, they do now.. All this good stuff.. It's like once you get it going, it gets going, and world knows it. I don't know how they know but they know.. I swear, it's the craziest damn thing...

But then it'll go cold. Canceled dates on Friday night, go out with buds but get no numbers on Saturday night. I'll sit home Sunday night wondering why that girl I called on Wednesday has never returned my call. Same thing: Once it's NOT going, the world knows it..

All I can say is hang in there. In the cold times, spend some extra time at the gym and hanging with buds. Your next HOT raft will come, it always does.. Just don't let it eat you when it's not there.
 

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Thanks, I felt like I was going into a hot streak, sure felt that way. I feel like smashing the water cooler every time I crawl back to the dugout.

The bowling thing really set me off - I don't come before f#cking BOWLING??? - and I've let it snowball.

I'm gonna take a breather for a few days. I'm too stressed. I have it in my head that I can make this happen anytime I feel like it, but apparently I'm still riding the tides at the moment.

Btw, you can meet some great women on those trains. Believe me, it is boring without somebody to talk to. I'll start something, if she doesn't respond I'll go to sleep.
 

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Dude, thats women.

I'm trying to fukk this chick who has some "issues" (basically I shouldn't even be messing with her!) and she blew ME off on saturday, even after being at my house until 5am the saturday before, giving me her # before I asked, trying to set up a date for the next day with me, and texting me when she got home at 5:30am to thank me for everything and tell me she would "talk to me tomorrow".

If a chick that shows that kind of interest level flakes, anything is possible.

Just like lefty said, just when you don't expect it, it hits. It'll come around.
 

"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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Sir Drinksalot said:
Thanks, I felt like I was going into a hot streak, sure felt that way. I feel like smashing the water cooler every time I crawl back to the dugout.

The bowling thing really set me off - I don't come before f#cking BOWLING??? - and I've let it snowball.

I'm gonna take a breather for a few days. I'm too stressed. I have it in my head that I can make this happen anytime I feel like it, but apparently I'm still riding the tides at the moment.

Btw, you can meet some great women on those trains. Believe me, it is boring without somebody to talk to. I'll start something, if she doesn't respond I'll go to sleep.

It's a number game... kinda like playing blackjack. Sometimes you're up big, other times your down in the dumps. Try to stay neutral, you can't let self-defeating thoughts enter your mind because they'll prevent you from succeeding.
 
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