"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 funny or just stupid?

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ok so i was talking to this girl online right, more like email type thing rather than instant message - couple days in between replies sort of thing. and after a short intro she goes


"but ya, what do you do for fun :)"

and I go

"well on friday nights i usually go to the library, find the biggest book i can and try to count all the letters in it and see if i can beat my record befoe i fall asleep. tons of fun. either that or i wander the streets looking for new rocks for my rock collection. :) you?"

and she never replied.. i remember hearing something about not giving girls straight answers. so was what I wrote stupid, cause too me it was at least somewhat funny(although I think I was hihg when i wrote it lol, but still). your opinion?
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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fruitopiax said:
ok so i was talking to this girl online right, more like email type thing rather than instant message - couple days in between replies sort of thing. and after a short intro she goes


"but ya, what do you do for fun :)"

and I go

"well on friday nights i usually go to the library, find the biggest book i can and try to count all the letters in it and see if i can beat my record befoe i fall asleep. tons of fun. either that or i wander the streets looking for new rocks for my rock collection. :) you?"

and she never replied.. i remember hearing something about not giving girls straight answers. so was what I wrote stupid, cause too me it was at least somewhat funny(although I think I was hihg when i wrote it lol, but still). your opinion?
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Good idea but terrible execution. You went a bit overboard. And smileys are useless
 
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I would have taken that time to demonstrate high value, but first you should have not qualified with her first attempt I would have asked a question like "why" first then answered with some high quality ****! rather than played around sarcastically build your status first then you can mess around like that later on
 
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Well..I thought it was funny.
 
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