"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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Thraxeh

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i've been going to this forums often, and there are all theres abbreviations that i have no idea about. like IL, and IDK, AFC, and any others. can any one please give me a list of them so i understand half these posts.
 

“The 22 Rules That Turned Me From Invisible to Irresistible With Women… Starting Tonight”

You can skip the expensive cars, the fancy clothes, and the endless gym selfies. Completely unnecessary.

I used to freeze the second a beautiful woman looked my way. Frustrated. Awkward. Watching other guys walk away with the girl while I stood there tongue-tied.

Then I discovered 22 simple rules that rewired my entire dating life. The anxiety vanished. Conversations flowed effortlessly. Women started chasing me for a change.

These rules trigger a woman's subconscious attraction switches. And you can start using them tonight.

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I don't what to be an ass hole, but I have a feeling I'm about to, so sorry. Try typying the meaning of anything you do know into the search. And then see what turns up. Eg.

AFC = Average frustrated chump
LTR = Long term relationship

But if you really don't any of this (like all of us once) then just try typing ''acronyms'' into the search and you should get loads of examples. :D

Hope I helped.
 
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LJBF = Lets just be friends.

um...... what does "HB#" mean? I always though "Hot Babe (number she rates on 1-10 scale)". Was I right?
 

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btw i did try search, but i didnt try the words that u suggested.
 

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IL = interest level
hb= hot babe #. yea u right
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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http://www.fastseduction.com/acronyms.shtml

To the mods: Actually, it is true. The abbreviations are kinda hard to find. Maybe you could put a seperate link on the forum indexpage with an abbreviations list or something?
 

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IL = interest level
AMOG - alpha male other guy (eg a rival PUA, although we are not as such PUAs)
PUA - pick up artist
therefore PU = pick up
DJ - don juan
Boot Camp = way of becomming a DJ
HB - Hot babe, hot bird
*close - kiss close
ASD - anti slut defense, also referred to as b1tch shield, etc, ie how girls are programmed to react to avoid looking like sluts
WBAFC =way below average frustrated chump
BAFC =below average frustrated chump
AFC - average frustrated chump
RAFC = recovering average frustrated chump
C&F/CF = ****y and funny, confident and funny. Supposedly from
****block - people who stop you closing, often their firends or someon else interested.
David DeAngelo but probably not. Ie showing hte chick worth and almost arrogance but getting her to laugh.
DD-david deangelo-author of DYD, i think is a bit or a retard, but some people swear by him, i dont see the point of paying for his or any other's 'system' but wtf.
DYD-double your dating, his book the best known of the lot of people trying to cash in on ur lack of success.
close - end of a pickup, people also refer to kissclose ****close, most often number close though. Basically how successful you were in approaching the woman
EC -eye contact
IL - interest level
kino - kinesthetics, ie touch her a lot
FB - **** buddy
GF-girl friend, duh
LTR -long distance relationship
ONS -one night stand
neg hit - negative approach, iie you are rude in order to take her off her pedastal
pedastal = thinking she is above you, often places herself there
NEXT - dump her, rip up her number, do not treat her as a potential or gf anymore
NLP - neuro linguistic programming
SS - speed seduction
both very technical, scientific ideas behind approaching and picking up, SS especially not very suitable for LTRs as its Speed, whereas i prefer the idea of self improvement.

one-itis - obsession about one particular chick, seen as a bad thing, does not have to be if you are in a LTR, now im gonna get flamed. Commonly used to refer to AFC members willing to do anything to get in that one girls pants, even doormat - thats why its bad.
pattern - set NLP phrases, ie somehting you memorise and then lay downn too try and get a girl feeling a particular way
player = pick up artist
**** test - somehting to see your responses and try and through you off, you are supposed to work through these
wing/wingman = someone used to distract good looking girls friends, you switch roles with your buddy. Also referred to when gaming in packs, SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT YOU


If you want any further clarification ill help, just post it here, i think thats pretty comprehensive. No idea about IDK, thik of the context.

oh yeah and DAFS
DO A FU(KIN SEARCH, i swear there are some of these on this site already
 

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Originally posted by nickeldime
sorry, but what does 'flake' mean
Glad to help, I had to work out most of them from their context.

Basically it has several meanings, but the gist is that she shows low IL in you. When you get a girls number and call and its the wrong number. Or more aptly when you arrange a date with her and then she cancels at the last second or doesnt turn up.
 

"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.

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