"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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Help me out, I hold grudges

Chromeo

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Ive figured out a large fault/weakness of mine lately, (maybe its not a fault I dont know). But Ive realised I hold grudges. Someone wrongs me and I take it straight to heart and dwell on it for a long long time.

When I was probably around 4 years old, my mom once brought me to my aunts house, who is one of my favorite people in the world, was over there the other day drinking, smoking a blvnt on her back patio and she brings me out a 18 oz steak and baked potatoes... awesome... anyway back to the story when I was 4, my parents left me with my aunt a few days, and I was so pissed off at my mom for ditching me, or whatever I thought at the time, I refused to eat while I was there and when she came to pick me up I wouldnt even talk or look at her.

Fast foward several years, a friend of mine told her best friend who was another really good friend of mine that she could no longer be friends with her or any of us because her BF did not like us. I blew up at her and we said some pretty terrible things to each other and havent talked since, this was at least 2 years ago or so

On too women ive dated. My ex girlfriend is stuck in my head, and I dont know if its cuz I hate her or love her, and that makes no sense to me. She treated me pretty bad but for some reason I feel the need to get her back. Whenever I see or talk to her I just have this large pit in my stomach, even just thinking about her it makes it impossible to act normal around her.

Even girls Ive dated since her, One LJBF'd me, Ive seen her once or twice around and I dont think I would be able to act the way I did when I first met her simply because of the fact I was hurt by it or that im still interested in her and would be trying to hard to make it happen again I dont know.

Anyway Im wondering what it is that makes me hold these grudges, It puts so much stress on my dwelling on these things that have hurt me. My brother is completely opposite, if you piss him off he could literally be your best friend the next day, he just puts **** behind him.

Its like im so stuborn that someone wrongs me, I have to be right always, and forgiving them or puting it behind me means im wrong and a pushover. Yet dwelling on it makes me feel like such a depressed panzy. Any help or diagnosis?
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Aazman

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don't bother. get over it. Simple: your already at a disadvantage. The only way to get back is to enjoy your life. If you go back to get them back- your going out of your own way.

You don't need to punish them. They have punished themselves- their not with you. Their true loss.
 

Chromeo

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im not looking to punish them.

Im just curious as why I let things bother me for so long. Seriously causes physical symptoms of fatigue, acne ect...

has anyone else had this problem and able to conquer it? I feel like its the last thing holding me back.

it retards all my game if I go out and im dwelling on some crap, like my ex texting me or something, I let it ruin my night my brain starts rehashing every little thing
 

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I have said for years this simple but true statement" Most people will fvck you if you let them"!! Male or female doesnt make any difference. You are the one that allows them to fvck you over!How long it takes you to get over it depends on what they did to you and if they show any remorse or offer up an apoligy for THEIR actions.Everyone holds grudges not many want to admit it. Everyone keeps score as well but some are better at hideing it.Getting rid those people that cause you to have a grudge against them will cure your physical symptoms.
 
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