The library is close to my house, so I was walking home from it when this happened. A group of 5 cute girls called me up. We started talking and I played it cool, kept my answers short and vague. They asked me things like "Do you like me?" and I said "maybe", "sure" stuff like that. Then they all asked me for a hug, so I did that. I didn't number-close or anything, but that's okay since they live right across the block from me. (One lives across my house). When I was leaving, one of them came up to me and asked me if I would go out with her friend, one of the girls. So I said "yeah" and continued on. What would you've done in all of these situations? Did I handle this the right way?
"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.
How would you have handled this situation?
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