"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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"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.
penkitten
Master Don Juan
it's as is, take it or leave it.yourunintended said:
we keep welcoming you guys
yourunintended
Don Juan
I was merely jesting PK, this is quite the interesting place, I think I can adjust
ThunderMaverick
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YAWY! !!!
I repped both oth them. Is that a crime? Sade's "is it a crime" I like that song. No i'm not gay.
I must go to bed.
yourunintended
Don Juan
"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.
taiyuu_otoko
Master Don Juan
yourunintended
Don Juan
Did you guys really only go there to up your advertising revenue? Have we been used?
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Yeah no need to repeat yourself, because I read and remember every single detail from every post on this forumyourunintended said:I have no problem with saying who I am. In fact, I already have. I just dislike repeating myself. Hence the change in name
.Gee you only have to wait a month? I wonder who gets to stay there long enough a "regular" memeber.
Yeah that sounds like a good idea I guess but I couldn't get that feature to work over there either for some reason.
"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
FoolsCause
Don Juan
Howdy doody.Commando said:
Why not? Then we can go over there and check out your hot girl fake avatar pic j/k sort of.HOMBRE said:
I think someone quoted that chick with the girl taking a bath avatar and changed the name to, "GirlTakingaBathbutNotHer" or something. Funny :crackup: .
penkitten
Master Don Juan
which one is storyrider?Nighthawk said:
"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.
I don't have an avvy on there at the moment but my profile pic is real.ketostix said:
I don't want to say who I am yet. And it has nothing to do with LS finding out. What I say here has nothing to do with anything over there. Besides, I get in trouble over there all the time. I'm used to it by now.
That's funny about the girtaking the bath thing. Maybe I'll change my name to NotDoucheHere.