"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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hmmmm to AFC, or hopefully not AFC?

Jizzee

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hey guys,i just need a little advice from you's!
I met this girl a couple weeks ago, and we hit it off really well (holding hands, hugging, kissing, dirty dancing, joking about, CF). We have texted a few times since, she always replied like 3 minutes after my text, but then stopped after a couple messages (??), anyways, i didnt let it get to me and a couple days later she text me to basically say that she was having problems with her mobile phone and apologies to anyone she hasnt replied to! so today i thought what the hell, and text her again asking how her weekend was, she replied, i text back, then nothing since! my friend asked me if id asked her out yet and i said i hadnt and that she never replies after a couple texts, and he said that she prob doesnt want random texts about **** and to just grab the bull by the horns!! so i text her and said:
"hey, u up to much next week, fancy meeting up 4 a drink?X"
she replied like 2 mins later with:
"im on half nites all week, off 4 6 days the week after tho if thats any good? XX"
i replied with:
"aye the week after is fine! wednesday of that week?X"
to which i got:
"Think thats possibly the 1 day i cant do cos im on overtime! XX"
so i asked "thursday? X"
and she said:
"Backshift! Tuesday?X"
and i said:
"I work tuesdays! how about the Sunday after?x"

and no reply.

2 things id like to ask...
1) am i over-analysing this? i think i am
2) do I sound AFC? I have tried to build rapport, a lil ****y funny as well (which she called me a cheeky git :p), and stuff
I feel like I am acting like a total AFC, but in a way i feel that there was no other way to play this, except maybe ask her out straight away when i first got her number.

Advice greatly appreciated.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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smooth guy

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You're acting needy and you're being too available.
 
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:D:D i remember a very similar thing happening to me.

I suggest you stop all the texting thing unless she enforces it on you.
One text can be good to keep her thinking about you...

But well this girl has probably lost her interest level a long time ago...to make your life easier. Just call her and say what I said when i was in a situation like that last time :"hey we both know that you can make time if you really wanted"

she cut all the bs and found the time...but it still didnt work out
 

Jizzee

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I'm inclined to agree with both of you! I've definately learnt something from this experience, even though it turned out bad, so I guess thats the important thing :)
 

"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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You problem is speed my friend. At the start you have to move very quickly, make her plan. All those msgs and no contact only hurt you in the end. Its all about physical contact.

Only after you secure your target, can you disappear as absence creates a need for you but only after your presence has conquered the target's imagination.
 

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I suck with the texting thing, too. It always seems like I lose whatever momentum I had built once texting ensues. Suddenly, she doesn't text me back, won't meet me anywhere, etc.

I thought it was a timing thing. Maybe not.
 
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