"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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If a girl were to want to meet you...

Francisco d'Anconia

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Poonani Maker said:
Well, I just checked. I've still got 26 hours. I'll briefly let you peek at one of her pics: http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc217/BlockadeRunner101/O8GMSEECDRHF.jpg
Cute. I say go ahead and make a move because it seems that she has some type of attraction to you. Personally, I say do what you typically do when interacting with women offline. The thing is that you'll need to get through her b1tch-shield first in order to get together with her offline. The distance thing will work against your ability to easily do something spontaneous. Well if you're up for the challenge, go for it; the clock is ticking.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Poonani Maker

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You know what? I think now is just not the time for to get involved with a youngun like this.

Then again, I'm confident strong in person, just that, I'll be thinking that she'll be looking for my porsche to pull up when I come to meet her, and instead see me madza b4000 pickup and be deflated.

The point is, I could care less about my ride. I'd rather have a nice house, which I plan on buying in a couple of months - been saving like a maddog for the down pmt.

So I should just save me and her the humiliation and time. My truck needs windshield repair. I just fixed the brake light. My oneitis knows the history of me and my truck. She hates it too, but a paid-off truck going on 4 years of no payments has been quite nice - and SHE don't understand that - that money does not grow on trees.

Life is hard, man, when you're out west and got no family - they're all back east, south. So basically, all I've had is ME and my local friends here, and my looks and determination, to get me the jobs I needed, to get me to where I am now. I'm happy with or without a woman, but in time, I think The woman will fall into place in my life.

Now is not the time to pursue this chick, however tempting she may be to me.
 
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