"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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Mixed signals, oneitis...

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da_hunter said:
On my way out, I go in for a kiss and get the heissman trophy.
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Heh, I like that one. Will have to use it.

Geez, man, she sucks. You did what you could, she just wasn't into it (God knows why) but she was too much of a wimpette to come out and say it.

She might be thirty... but she's basically acting eleven. You're a LOT better off without her. Now get the hell out there...!
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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She did give me some tips though regarding how I act on dates. I realize that I have problems being 'lively and animated' (C+F basically). This is partly because I have a psychological problem called 'Asperger's syndrome'. One of the symptoms of Aspergers is it makes you act stiff and talk like a robot, it's one of the things I work on in my therapy.

But honestly, I thought I was doing ok in this situation, but apparently not. She told me - 'you are so quiet all the time'.
 
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