Alright, so I need a good cover story. I'm trying to get out of the house to go to a party tonite but I need something to tell my parents. And it's not like its a birthday party and i can just tell em i'm going, I need something plausible, hopefullly something that would buy me an entire night out. ie a really good cover.
"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.
Help! Need a cover story ASAP!
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"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.
You have the right idea, but come on ! This clearly isn't about a cover story, IMO they're all BS. You don't have to lie, you have to be good with words. it's all about CHARISMA. Charisma is my favorite topic! 
There's a lot about this.
If you wanna get a better chance at this, there are a several things you can do. First, watch your tone. Do something that suits you, like speaking in a sweet voice, or in a confident voice! Make it look like you know what you're doing and that you're prepared to go out without messing something up. You're a DJ, after all!
1. Be in a good mood! It's hard to reject someone like this. Your parents can't help but to be sorry! Be good cute that they have to let you go.
2. Wait until your parents are at a good mood too!
3.
"Making pepole doing what you want them do it is a matter of telling them what they want to hear!"
Tell your parents that you're giving them a break and that they should let you out so they have a chance to relax tonight as they want to. Keep pushing at this. Tell them stuff like: "Oh, come on dad... Isn't it going to feel sooo good, you know, to just laaay down on your couch... just enjoying your wonderful rest... *in a smooth voice* Then keep adding details!
4. the lowest thing you can do, (So don't do it often) is to make your parents feel bad about not letting you go. Tell them that all of the other kids parents let their sons go, and that it's really lame that they don't let you go. I would make them know that I would really want to go too!
I don't want to confuse you or anything, so be warned! Do at your own risk. I hope you have a general idea.
There's a lot about this. If you wanna get a better chance at this, there are a several things you can do. First, watch your tone. Do something that suits you, like speaking in a sweet voice, or in a confident voice! Make it look like you know what you're doing and that you're prepared to go out without messing something up. You're a DJ, after all!
1. Be in a good mood! It's hard to reject someone like this.
Your parents can't help but to be sorry! Be good cute that they have to let you go. 2. Wait until your parents are at a good mood too!
3.
"Making pepole doing what you want them do it is a matter of telling them what they want to hear!"
Tell your parents that you're giving them a break and that they should let you out so they have a chance to relax tonight as they want to.
Keep pushing at this. Tell them stuff like: "Oh, come on dad... Isn't it going to feel sooo good, you know, to just laaay down on your couch... just enjoying your wonderful rest... *in a smooth voice* Then keep adding details! 4. the lowest thing you can do, (So don't do it often) is to make your parents feel bad about not letting you go. Tell them that all of the other kids parents let their sons go, and that it's really lame that they don't let you go. I would make them know that I would really want to go too!
I don't want to confuse you or anything, so be warned! Do at your own risk. I hope you have a general idea.
Is the party at night? Tell you parents your going out with a few friends to watch a movie at the 10pm or 12pm or whatever showing. Idk about you but I always go to the movies late around 10 or 11 so it would work for me.
Or you could say its a harmless birthday party or your friends little brother or sister or something
Or you could say its a harmless birthday party or your friends little brother or sister or something
"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.
Tell them you're going to the movies or over to someone's house to watch the Oakland game (I'm assuming from your name that you're from the bay area). If you go with the game excuse all you have to do is tell someone at the party to flip over to ESPN and watch highlights of the game, and you're not lying to your parents.