"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.
nicknames
- Thread starter tpntch
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"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.
NYC Dude
Master Don Juan
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Bloke
Senior Don Juan
Just say to her if you keep calling me that name I'll call you {INSERT NAME SHE HATES}
Mr. Debonaire
Master Don Juan
ewwwww
lol
and to the poster, nicknames you get for a reason. find a reason to call her something, then call her that
Mr. Debonaire
Master Don Juan
example
erin -> ernie
jenny -> johnny
ashley -> ashton
etc,etc,etc
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Senior Don Juan
For example:
[email protected]
Hey poopsie!
[email protected]
Hey aznsurfer!
[email protected]
Hey cuddlybaby!
*Hope they get a laugh*
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
MetalFortress
Master Don Juan
Yeah, that's good to do if you want to come off as being gay.
Absolutely horrid.Nicknames based off of inside jokes or conversations are best.
Mr. Debonaire
Master Don Juan
hahaha ya, i guess it does sound badOriginally posted by MetalFortress
Yeah, that's good to do if you want to come off as being gay.
Nicknames based off of inside jokes or conversations are best.
i only call them that when its just the two of us tho, and i don't say it all the time. just occasionally to tease them, and always delivered with smile. every time i've done this the girl has liked it, and it always reminds them of me when they hear it.
also, this is only a basic example. i try to use nicknames based on inside jokes whenever possible. i use the reverse gender thing if i have nothing else. i call almost every girl i know by a nickname, cause its good for building rapport
Stratocaster
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