"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.
i got the best revenge!
- Thread starter j-flex
- Start date
"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.
[S]alvatore
Master Don Juan
..::comic_relief said:
::..I've been in your shoes. There's something you don't realise yet.j-flex said:
Treating her with kindness, reminding her of what she's done to you, and showing her (covertly of course) how desirable you are now, yet making it clear that she absolutely has no chance with you - that is the worst blow you could deal to that chick.
Teasing her is certainly a good one but you're giving her an excuse to call you an arrogant arsehole and it'd be enough for her to rationalize to herself that it's no big deal that she doesn't have you. However, regreting what you didn't do and thus missing out on something great is the worst feeling in the world. The best revenge is to give the girl such a feeling. And yes certain women in my past had a taste of that.