"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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Keeping a Relationship

heartrippedout

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My fiance' is moving out in a week. The reason, to keep it short, is because she needs space, as do I. What is even more f****d up, is we still love each other. Is it crazy to think that we could be more compatibale when we live in seperate places?

In order for any chance at all to save this relationship, should I not show any affection, or just ignore her altogether? We have a child together, so of course we still have to come in contact.

Does anyone have any advise on how to follow through at this point?

What shouldn't I say??

....lost for words
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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heartrippedout

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She wants space to live more independent and to have her own bills and responsibilities. She really needs to clear her head. I'm thinking she needs a wake-up call. She is 27 and hasn't had much time to live on her own. What I'm hoping to see is for her to have her independence and possibly later down the road work on our relationship. I just don't want to destroy it altogether during this process. I'm in limbo with my feelings. I'm not sure how I shoyuld even acy towards her at this point.
 

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She wants space to live more independent and to have her own bills and responsibilities. She really needs to clear her head.
That's a huge load of 5hit. She's using this excuse so she doesn't have to tell you that she's not attracted to you anymore. This is called "********", the language that women use when they pu55yfoot around a subject (ie how they feel about you). Also included are:

"I don't see you in that way"
"I'm not ready to date"
"I wanna be just friends"
 

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yea

block her off entirely for a while (don't respond to casual messages, "how are you doing?", "lets meet up for a coffee and chat", etc)...until she gives you the message that she wants to unconditionally come back...and even then be slightly difficult about it.

Since you do have a child I don't recommend tossing it off so easily...
...but if there was no child, I'd even recommend that a common friend give her a "suspicion" that you might have found someone else who is really nice.
 

"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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