"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.
Making Friends As An Adult
- Thread starter BaronOfHair
- Start date
"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.
jhonny9546
Master Don Juan
It's hard to find them, let alone entire circles of them.
Why not filter and create your own circle?
For example, after a friend of mine opened a fitness studio, he found himself with all these people now frequenting his studio, and they've formed a real social circle.
BaronOfHair
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2024
- Messages
- 5,560
- Reaction score
- 3,040
- Age
- 37
Try not being such an individual yourself, SW... You may find that non-oddballs gravitate towards you more readily