"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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How did YOU quit smoking?

Skel

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I am a heavy smoker. I want to get into the gym and run and stuff to get in shape but the biggest thing holding me back is that i smoke a lot. I also have a roomate that smokes as much as i do so i am also getting second hand smoke and third hand smoke from weed. I want to quit smoking cigarettes and weed)cigs being the tough one). I have smoked for like 15 years so I dont even remember what it is like not to have a cigarette.

I have tried the patch, nicoderm, cold turkey, etc. I CANT QUIT. I always break down and go into withdrawl(shakes, moody, etc). I just want to quit. Maybe you have a way that you quit that could help me.
 

"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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I dunno, I caught a real bad case of the flu. Ended up sick for almost two weeks, and I couldn't smoke if I wanted to, so that was an easy way to quit. So if you get sick, take advantage of it!

Chris
 

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Yeah, go to your hospital and ask for flu shots, except you want the "special kind." Actually, ask your doctor, he can get an inhibitor or some drug that will make you puke if you smoke, Although it would be funny if you'd puke all over the house because of the second hand smoke you get from your roommate.
 

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I quit smoking by using "Smoke Away" and doing 10 push-ups every time I thought about smoking. I think I did about 1000 push-ups the first day and could barely move the next (still ended up doing about the same amound that day too). By the time I stopped thinking about cigarettes I was in pretty good shape, got a membership to a gym after that.

Anyway, thats what worked for me. The idea is to replace smoking with something else.
 

"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.

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I'm a professional bodybuilder and I smoked for several years. I quit smoking to better my career, cold turkey. Just give yourself a reason and do it, you need a reason though, and it has to be your own reason.
 

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"I quit smoking by using "Smoke Away" and doing 10 push-ups every time I thought about smoking. I think I did about 1000 push-ups the first day and could barely move the next (still ended up doing about the same amound that day too). By the time I stopped thinking about cigarettes I was in pretty good shape, got a membership to a gym after that.
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I just got smoke away for xmas. I thought it looked kinda funky but ill give it a try. Im not exactly sure what the pills are suppose to do but ill give it a shot./
 

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There is a new medicine out now called E-Cigars.
It's WONDERFUL in my opinion, I've tried lots of other methods and failed. I was able to quit with this pretty easily, but you also have to make the commitment to quit & stick with it. It took away my urge to smoke. It's not covered by insurance but to me it was well worth the cost. Good luck
 

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911amanda said:
There is a new medicine out now called E-Cigars.
It's WONDERFUL in my opinion, I've tried lots of other methods and failed. I was able to quit with this pretty easily, but you also have to make the commitment to quit & stick with it. It took away my urge to smoke. It's not covered by insurance but to me it was well worth the cost. Good luck
Spam
 

"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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Phat

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Smoking is so nasty. If i can go my whole 20 years of my life with out smoking so can you. I seen my dad go from 10 years of smoking to quiting in 1 day. My aunt stopped smoking 25 years ago and was diagnosed with lung cancer last year. I stopped hanging out with all my friends because all they do is fuucking smoke! I hate the smell and i hate how it makes your cloths smell like shiit!
 
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