"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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JackBauer24

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Some of you already know the story, but for those of you who don't, here's a quick recap: Girl lives down the street from me, used to be close friends with her at a young age, didn't see much of her in high school other than saying "hi" to each other in the halls. She was very pretty then, but she was going out with the same guy throughout high school, so I never really thought of her.

Fast-forward to a couple months ago, I find her on myspace, contact her, we make small talk, then I ask her to hang out. I get this long response back, saying how she's busy, but we go back too far for her to just blow me off and she'll let me know when she isn't as busy. Doesn't matter if she was "letting me down easy" or if she really meant it, I blew it by contacting her about a month ago and telling her that I hate myspace and the only reason I'm on it is to hear back from her and a few other people. Yeah, yeah, I know I f*cked up. So I message her today for the first time since then, and just ask how her Christmas was. She read it and didn't respond. Wasn't on for a long time, but I'm not expecting a message back, and I'm not expecting myself to get over her.

The funny thing is, she's put on some weight. She isn't fat but even my mom said "she's bigger than the girls you usually like." But I can't help it, I like her face that much. And it's not like she has guys lining up for her with her weight problem. I guess the reason I'm so upset is because I feel like I should be able to get her. But I have to face the fact that she isn't interested for whatever reason and isn't likely to go out and say it.

What I'm worried about is when I finally start talking to girls in person, meet someone as attractive to me as her or more attractive to me than her. I'm a one girl at a time kind of guy. It isn't about "playing the field" or being a man-wh*re. I can see myself getting really into a girl and setting myself up for a disappointment.

For now, I'm just not sure how to get over her. I've tried getting rid of myspace. I just keep making a new one.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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JackBauer24 said:
For now, I'm just not sure how to get over her. I've tried getting rid of myspace. I just keep making a new one.

It's simple. Go out and sarge get a few #'s and forget about her.

don't sit around and feel bad all day turn rejection into some POSITIVE!

I am about to write a thank you letter to the girl who just dumped me because it made me go out and sarge like crazy and I have a date Saturday night with a woman twice as hot as the one that dumped me.

And if that doesn't work out I have another date Sunday afternoon.

Time to spin.
 
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