"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.
Hot people thread :D
- Thread starter HandyAndy
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"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
slitherjef
Senior Don Juan
Much betterHandyAndy said:
Alba has a rotten personality and rumors suggest that she is infested with herpes! I really wish people would unplug themselves from the matrix and stop patronizing celebrities. It's no wonder they rake in tens of millions of dollar per year.
I see girls everyday who are 10 times hotter then any celebrity.
I see girls everyday who are 10 times hotter then any celebrity.
"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.
splinterkb
Master Don Juan
Anyone find the redheaded model from the Busted Tee's site as gorgeous as I do?
http://www.bustedtees.com/bt/images/BT-fantasybaseball-featured-5011.jpg
http://www.bustedtees.com/bt/images/BT-fantasybaseball-featured-5011.jpg
splinterkb
Master Don Juan
That girl is pretty damn fine.. I agree 100%.Corona said:
"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.
Ken785
Master Don Juan
you know she has the herp right??HandyAndy said:pshhh, dont act like you wouldnt pipe alba...
yeah i heard..Ken785 said:
whatev, shes still ****able...http://a.abcnews.com/images/Nightline/nm_chuck_norris_070704_ms.jpg
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
Michele l'Arcangelo
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please, stop making threads. this isn't a freakin teen forum.
:crackup:HandyAndy said:yeah i heard..
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Nightline/nm_chuck_norris_070704_ms.jpg
eh :yawn: sarge first and ask questions later. if you only knew the times that i rolled over in bed andHandyAndy said:pshhh, dont act like you wouldnt pipe alba...
that is why i get more action than a boyscout leader at a children's hospital. you think she has the herp? well after me she would definitely have the herp
http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2007/08/10/jessica_alba_herpes_claim/
this just goes to show you that all of us sports studs bring it. doesn't matter if it was high school or the bigs. being all-distric two years in a row will get you lots. i know because i lived it
.Jeter has also dated Mariah Carey, Vanessa Minnillo and most recently Justin Timberlake's new girlfriend Jessica Biel.
omg! all these cool people have the herp. cool people = infected
http://www.herpes-coldsores.com/celebrities-with-herpes.html
jesus christ! every american celeb. is a walking v.d. poster. how sweet is this! maybe i got it from someone famous - or maybe not
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Daddy The Pimp
Master Don Juan
Corona said:
Lol :crackup: she looks like shemale . And look at her hairy hands :crackup:
"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.