"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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is complimenting a girl and her parents on her name a good idea?

Rayneveres

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for example;


Me: "hey, my name is <Ray> what's yours?"
Her: "<Angela>"
Me: "<Angela>? that's a nice name. your parents must have good taste"



or something similar.
i've read it's not best to give direct compliments on her appearance, and was wondering if that would do.

while i'm at it i may as well ask another. would i be coming on too strong if i followed up with the "personality matching her pretty face" phrase?
as you can probably tell, i'm rather new at this, but you can't fault a guy for wanting to improve, =D.
 

"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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Rayneveres

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12 views minus my own? come on, one of you has to have some kind of kind of insight here.
 

Michele l'Arcangelo

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No.

"Angela? That's an awesome name! We need more parents who know how to give typical names like that!"

But, I still wouldn't be throwing out some C&F remarks out until you actually get into an actual conversation, so you can gauge how well they would respond.

Go read some articles on the mainsite and use the forum after you read most of them.
 
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