"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 much influence did your parents' personality give you?

Tomatoes

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Im told im alot like my dad.....Cant be a bad thing. My dad is rich and sucessful and happy.

Charcteristics i have off him appraently include

Being very outspoken
Clever with business and money
Hides emotions very well

I think i have my mums temper :cuss:
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Silverback82

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I can't believe people actually debate this. Of course your parents affect your personality.
 

CraigMack

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Permission said:
For example I find that one of my parents can be quite negative, and I've picked up that trait. And they are kind of anti-social, which may have influenced me as well.
How bout you?

You should watch my buddies speech on this video. It sounds like his parents were definately not the Brady Bunch type.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKjmo062hYs
 
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