"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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dyce

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Originally posted by Centaurion
aah yes, the product of the American education system.

Beautiful.
i come from melbourne australia :p
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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dadmonson

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Originally posted by Vincent
Yes, lets all post in a forum where everyone types like they're in goddamn 5th grade. This will become a great place if we let that happen.

Or we could, you know, show we're not complete retards and take the extra minute to make a good post.

Posting is a priveledge, not a right.
OKAY VINCENT BUDDY OL PAL, How r u doing there, I was just makin words shorter but watever :rolleyes:
 

Vincent

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Originally posted by dadmonson
OKAY VINCENT BUDDY OL PAL, How r u doing there, I was just makin words shorter but watever :rolleyes:
No, you sound like an idiot who is too impatient to take the extra 5 seconds between making a good post and a sh*t post.
 

"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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Big Eee Zee

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its that you sound like a complete idiot. you know, the kind that gets an associates at a community college, and ends up managing a supermarket at 40, living in a duplex with his mom and going out on the weekends to "get crunk" with your fat, equally looser friends. That is, if you don't die in the process.

The intelligent posters here dont like to deal with people like that. so please, even if you will end up like that try not to sound like it
 

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Originally posted by dadmonson
Dat da next day ur still thinkin about it?? i mean u at school or work and u jus all out relivin every moment of every time he/she touched u and u jus kinda quiver thinkin bout it . Like u literally can not concentrate for **** at work or school or whereva u are cuz da thoughts keep poppin up in ur head and make u **** up simple tasks (ie pouring coffee... ). Have yall eva got some like dat before? Please share ur experiences

Uhhh...yeah, it happened to me...after i had sex for the first time in my life. Maybe dadmonson has recently lost his virginity, in which case, congrats, man!:)
 
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