"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 want to get huge

DjBoogie

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But the thing is, I am only like 5' 7" and 18, and I am hoping I will get a little taller, and I don't want to go real heavy on squats and deadlift, I do sets of about 200 lbs on both because I heard it can stunt the growth plates in your back or something. Any truth in that? If there is, what is the most weight I should be squating and deadlifting without putting my growth plates in danger, I'm not struggling at the weight I am doing now.

Thanks
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Warboss Alex

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you're 18, your growth plates have already been determined and squats/deadlifts will not change this
 

Redux

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Carry on. Heavy weights actually increse mineral bone density probably helping you get taller. I started at 15 and am 1,90 at 17, so I doubt it stops anything.
 

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dude i am about to start some fun supplements and i'm going to put on about 20 or 30 pounds i cannot WAIT!
 

Heart Break Kid

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I started 15 when I was 5'6 or so; squats and deadlifts with proper form. I'm 17 now and I'm 6'3... so I doubt it could be that bad.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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DjBoogie

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Alright, thats what I was hoping for, time to hit the squats and deads hard, thanks.
 
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