"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 got LJBF'd

jimjam

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Gents,

I had a date with this one a week or so ago. Wound up getting head on the couch. She began acting kind of flaky afterwards and this can be attributed to me having trouble getting it up and also not fvking her. Whatever. I never expected to hear from her again.

Anyway, wound up going hiking w/her yesterday. Nice time. Wound up making out in the woods. then afterwards we were going to get something to eat. But right as we get to the place, my four year old son calls me wanting me to pick him up. Okay, maybe his mom dialed the # but it was him on the phone. So I politely tell her that I need to go pick up my son. She gets all pissed off and says "What, is she to lazy to look after him today?" I said I didn't know but that I had to go. I tried to kiss her and she looked all crestfallen. But, who cares. I have partial custody of my son and I'll jump at any chance to spend time with him. I don't care if Sandra Bullock herself is naked and panting in my bed.

So I get home from being with my son and I send her a text saying that I had a great time with her (I did) and that I know things got cut short. I told her-----unapologetically----that I want to make it up to her.

I get a text from her this afternoon saying the LJBF line. I waited a few hours and answered with "No Problem. I'll see you around." And I will see her around since we're both in the same meetup group.

Anyway, should I have handled this differently? Keep in mind that I really don't care one way or the other about this one, especially after she got all p!ssy when I left her for my son. I don't care who it is. If it's a choice between a woman or my son, the woman will lose every time.

Thanks, as always
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Albatross953

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Good man. I've had to bail early for my son. A woman who looks at you and says you need to go is the only one who gets a call back from me.
 

VladPatton

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You did it right. She'll be back, and when she is....drill her like Alaska.
 
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