"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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Hyothetical questions are gold

Nocturnal

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I didn't fully realize the value of the hypothetical question until today, when a friend said "hey remember last time at lunch when we had that conversation about..."

The great thing is that they are so easy to come up with.

Examples:

What would you do if...
you found out your car exploded
you were walking home and found $1000
you had the opportunity to drive a race car on the track

Would you rather...
marry an attractive midget, or semi-attractive person of average height
move to the beach in australia or travel to the moon for a day
go sky diving or scuba diving

How would you feel if...
you were given a mansion anywhere you wanted
the dog you thought died yesterday ran up to you today
you were blind but one day could see again

They're really very easy to come up with. People may say "but you can't just say something like that in the middle of a conversation, it will seem wierd!" People don't remember that kind of thing anyway. Even if they would remember it, the point is not that you made a weird connection in your conversation, or that you were really random, but that you made the conversation interesting. This will greatly compensate for any akwardness in asking the question in the particular situation. Some of these might be odd depending on the person and situation, but they do two things:

-Bring out emotions (you can make them positive depending on the question)
-Make her REMEMBER you and/or your conversation

They also fun.

Try it. Next time you casually see someone and have a conversation, particularly a girl, ask a question like this. Make it a fun conversation. You'd be suprised at the things you can get out of a simple question :).
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Oxide

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How wonderful would u feel if i kissed your neck right now?


Good tip Noc
 

icepick

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Ha ha ha!

Yeah, I do this all the time! I love it! It is a great way to create humor even when the situation is boring. Superb conversation starter, and it will also "weed out" the boring people that you don't want to associate with.
 

"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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Blaaaaat

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I sometimes use the "what if I would win the lottery"?

It's great for building rapport, keeping the convo going on a fun and natural way, and you can find out about her interests.

Wow, wouldn't it be great if you won the lottery, I would take a month vacation and buy a house on *insert tropical island*, and party with all my friends....blblabla.


I'm not a NLP guy, but paterns like "can you imagine sitting on a beach, sun going down, with a ****tail in your hand...blablabla", are very easy to use.

I actually like to fantasize about this, with friends, girlfriends, whatever, it's good fun anyway :)
 

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Bump

This is the greatest way to create patterns in my opinion. Tey build directly from what she just said. You can run hypothetical questions anywhere if the person is bored enough. The only place they don't work are during action dates, these are like conversational lull killers.

What would you do if...
Your dog ran away from home and you had to spend all night looking for it?
 
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