"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 this disrespect?

TRSX

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A girl invites you on a date.

She wants to take you to dinner (cool.) and drive you there (even better.).

Then asks all her friends on if they want to do something that night and meetup without asking you (its in an area thats not exactly close to home.) - I don't care about meeting up with her friends, but is this disrespect?
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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pdx1138

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hell yes.

any girl I've dated, who was into me, would never pull that during the
"getting to know you" stage.
 

TRSX

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what do? also this is a girl that we've been on a few dates already - i just for some reason still think its disrespectful
 

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first date yes, 3+ ?? she wants you and her friends to meet, how can that be disrespectful?
 
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betheman said:
first date yes, 3+ ?? she wants you and her friends to meet, how can that be disrespectful?
Precisely! She wants you to meet her friends, what's wrong with that?
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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oh. you didn't mention you'd already been out a few times.

not disrespectful, she wants to show you off to her friends.

thats a good thing.
 

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It is always a positive sign when a girl shows you off to her friends -- she is boasting.
 

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TRSX said:
what do? also this is a girl that we've been on a few dates already - i just for some reason still think its disrespectful
That changes everything, she wants to show you off. That's a good thing.
 
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