"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.
ok guys..
- Thread starter Trapper
- Start date
"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.
typical
Master Don Juan
BTW I think she may have said "how do you want me ?"
I'd probably say covered in honey or something like that
Giovanni Casanova
Master Don Juan
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HER: "How do you wanna me?"Trapper said:
YOU: "Uhh... hold on a second. I've got to see if the sosuave.net guys can think of any ****y and or funny responses to this question! I'll be right back!"
ValleyDJing
Master Don Juan
:crackup: haha! don't look now, but the dude below you thinks there's a "tonne" of things you could say. :crackup:Demonslut said:
ValleyDJing
Master Don Juan
:crackup: thank you.Giovanni Casanova said:
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
The Juan and only
Master Don Juan
ValleyDJing said:
???
A tonne is the metric equivalent of a "ton".
1 tonne = 1000 kilograms
your comment kinda backfired there, but now you know, so it's all good in the end.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
:crackup: :crackup:Giovanni Casanova said:
:crackup: :crackup:ValleyDJing
Master Don Juan
eh...whatever. haha, all you brits! alright you got me.The Juan and only said: