"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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I can't come out tonight hun, my oneitis is flaring up!

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Isn't it great how after a particularly excellent One-Night-Stand® I find my oneitis has a bit of an acute inflammation.

4 - 8 hours after getting up the morning-after, having had a seriously fun night-before, I find myself sitting in work checking my mobile every 50 seconds for that text.
That text, being the one from this fantastic woman i've been with, telling me how much she likes me and how she cannot wait to see me again. Because this woman is The-One™.
When i'm not checking my mobile, i'm either thinking about checking my mobile or i'm wondering if there is a network problem - and if thats the case i better check my mobile to see if i'm still connected.
Hehe.

I have to physically stop myself from sending some soppy, sloppy text putting her on a pedestal made of solid gold and showering her in white lillies (because I know she likes white lillies, and I get her what she likes).

I feel like walking into my boss's office:
"Chief, you wanted to see me?" jimhardy

"Productivity doesn't seem to be at its optimum today jimhardy, is there a problem?" Boss

"I'm sorry boss, its my oneitis. Its really acting up today. I know I haven't got those reports done, but I have redrafted the text i'm going to send her 5 times, would you like to hear it?" Jimhardy

Haha.

I get home, nip to the gym and then make myself something tasty.
Shower, shave, slip into something comfortable; the oneitis has played itself out, and I'm taking out that little hottie whose number I got the other day.

If its another awesome night, well lads, rinse and repeat!

Anyone else have a little chronic oneitis? :D

jimmeh
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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haha, great post bro. I think it's great that you can come on here and joke about your oneitis. We've all been there, but not many will admit to it.

Rinse and repeat... <--- luv it.
 

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So when will it ever be feasible to succumb to oneitis? If you continue to run from it does that mean you never want to have someone special and always on the look for the next best thing? Just curious...
 

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Originally posted by Oblivious
So when will it ever be feasible to succumb to oneitis? If you continue to run from it does that mean you never want to have someone special and always on the look for the next best thing? Just curious...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
someone who completely missed the boat.
 

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Oblivious is a woman, so therefore her views on attraction are completely different than that of a man.
 

"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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Originally posted by Oblivious
So when will it ever be feasible to succumb to oneitis? If you continue to run from it does that mean you never want to have someone special and always on the look for the next best thing? Just curious...
I do think that you kind of missed my point - possibly due to my wording, as I was going for as humourous as possible - probably due to the fact that you are a woman/guy who's never been in that sort of situation.

I was essentially saying that after every great night, I enjoy moving through my emotions of intense lust and attachment through to nochalance and satisfaction and readiness to meet someone new.
I just think its great how I, and i'm sure i'm not alone, move through such a range of emotions in 24 hours - its a tribute to how predatory we males are. The following night I would have my lips on some other woman's neck, when 12 hours previously I wouldn't have noticed if Scarlett Johansson had asked me if i'd like any favours whilst she served me coffee in silk lingerie.*

jimmeh


*Possibly a complete lie.
 

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I wonder if it would sound like something serious to a boss at work to excuse lack of work... "Oneitis"... hmm they'd never figure it out and figure itd too disgusting or serious to ask.
 

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Good post and I agree.....it's amazing how quickly you can swing from infactuation with one woman to pure lust with a completely different woman all in the space of 24hrs.

Who says men aren't emotional creatures?:D
 

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Originally posted by Ted,JustAdmitIt
Good post and I agree.....it's amazing how quickly you can swing from infactuation with one woman to pure lust with a completely different woman all in the space of 24hrs.

Who says men aren't emotional creatures?:D
great point Ted...
 
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