"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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Missing Them

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I've found a solution to most of the things that bother me, but there is one that I can't seem to shake. Now I've gotten past AFCness, I've dated my share of women, and I'm on the right track as far as my life is concerned. I have a wonderful girlfriend that I love and might end up marrying one day depending on how things go. I know some of you don't approve of that, but to each his own. Anyway, our relationship is healthy. We give each other space, we have a lot in common, I don't put her up on a pedastal, if she does something I don't like I let her know and vis versa. We're happy and the closest we have ever been, but lately when she's not around I miss her sometimes, although it's not in a needy, longing kind of way. Like when I'm off doing something and having a good time, I think about her not being there and how much more fun it would be if she was, then I feel just a little disappointed that she's not. I mean I don't dwell on it I just quit thinking about it and then I don't feel that way anymore, but those thoughts come up every now and then and I've never had thoughts like that before even during my AFC days. I know it's not any AFC tendencies coming back because I'm happy, I love where I'm at in my life and I'm not afraid of losing her, I know she's not going anywhere because I keep her interested. I'm just wondering for you guys who have been in a healthy serious relationship, is it normal to miss them a little sometimes? I'm just curious.
 

"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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Rata Blanca

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That's what happens when you love someone. It's normal.

Or if you want the boring answer your body is craving the hormonal reactions (oxytocin, dopamine, endorphins, adrenaline, etc) your girlfriend unleashes when she is with you.
 

KontrollerX

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Yeah its normal man.

Plus you're in a good mindset about things by keeping the neediness and AFC at bay by fighting that garbage off constantly.
 
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