"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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Hottie wants me... Blew her off? How to recover?

"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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betterthandead

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That's nice that you're not posting under your other name.

Alright, you pretty much f*cked up. Forget it, seriously. You can try but now she's going to be more guarded against you. To tell you the truth, you probably weren't that interested in her that much.

joe_20 said:
So we've gone out a few times, and tonight I basically blew her off with no call. We were exchanging calls and texts all night, and she was really pushing for us to meet somehow. When I last left it I told her I'd see her later that night at a bar she was going to with her friends. Yada yada yada - I didn't go and didn't call.

For a while I thought I should text her apologizing, but then I realized that everytime I've been that nice to a women I end up losing her.

Did I make the right move? How can I recover / keep increasing her interest level? Any advice is much appreciated.
 
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