"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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Gonna get shot down and thats fine by me

Ridingthelightning

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I'm getting ready to call a girl who I know will turn me down. I called her yesterday, she was in the middle of stuff and I said I'm gonna let you go. She asked if she could call me back later and I said sure. I haven't recieved a call back, but I'm gonna call and say "Hey, what are you doing tonight". If her reply is nothing I'm gonna say "Well you wanna go do something? Theres movies, a couple parties I could get going, and a few gigs around we could go see."
I contemplated thinking about saying something about never getting a call back but thats gonna make me sound desperate. Thats a definite no.
Questions and comments are welcome.
 

"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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Basically the call will be useless, she already rejected you, and it is blatantly obvious to her you wanna kick it with her, and you already know this so what exactly is the point in calling her, is what I am wondering...

If anything just let it go and find some new honeys. The ball is in her court now, if she wants to call you, she will. Then you will have power.
 

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Exactly my friend.
I called her and once again she said she would call back later when she knew what she was doing tonight. I'm a man \/\/hore wanna be.
This has all spawned from a recent and FINAL :)D) break up of my on/off again relationship with my ex.
At the moment I'm in the I don't know what to do, where to go, who are my friends, when will I be me again, AFC idiot mode. I'm just trying to dig my way outta this whole and start talking to random people and get more than a superficial meeting with them. Geez I'm a douche-bag.
 

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Julian is correct, if she was interested she would have called you back, whats worse is you know you were rejected and you want her to reject you again! move on to the next hor in line
 

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I'm not worried about getting shot down. I'm actually consciously using this so I don't get discouraged when I get shot down again.
I'm doing things I know I shouldn't. Well, rather I start to do them and then I think, no wait, bad idea. My game is out of shape, I've got none at all, funny actually.
I just joined a band, the loud and in your face type. If I want women then I'll get plenty.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Well fellers, don't that beat all...
I actually did get the call back the second time and we're going out tomorrow sometime. I know thats odd... but I really do think a lot of the stuff around here thats said is a bit off. Not every girl is how these posts presume them to be. I dunno, maybe I'm wrong... no wait my mommy said I was never wrong.
 

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either way IL seems low at the moment.

you were option number 2 for tonight

maybe you can turn things around on the date
 

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I was option #2. She has a friend from out of town and they were doing whatever last night. SH!T! Just realized what I should have said. Lets all go out together! Geez, I'm outta shape.
 

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Ridingthelighting, you're doing alright buddy. I'm gonna safely say that you're not an AFC but a RAFC (recovering) which is a step before DJ. Keep making those mistakes and learn 'em.

Remember, No regrets.
 

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I've got no regrets about my actions, I think its a great way to live. I just wish it had turned out better.

BTW we never made the get together...
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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