"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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Mikey C

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Just been back online after a layoff. Messaged a woman after reading a great thread here about just asking women straight out online. Can't find it again, though.

Anyway, she's into Pink Floyd like myself.

Me."Fancy a drink and a chat about Floyd sometime? "

Her." would love to..
can you wait a bit longer? LIke two months after?
Will arrive on 25th of Jan "

How would you respond to that?

Mike.
 

"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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Mikey C said:
Just been back online after a layoff. Messaged a woman after reading a great thread here about just asking women straight out online. Can't find it again, though.

Anyway, she's into Pink Floyd like myself.

Me."Fancy a drink and a chat about Floyd sometime? "

Her." would love to..
can you wait a bit longer? LIke two months after?
Will arrive on 25th of Jan "

How would you respond to that?

Mike.
2 months?

Say "Sure see you then"

And then expect never to see her.
 

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Mikey C said:
Just been back online after a layoff. Messaged a woman after reading a great thread here about just asking women straight out online. Can't find it again, though.

Anyway, she's into Pink Floyd like myself.

Me."Fancy a drink and a chat about Floyd sometime? "

Her." would love to..
can you wait a bit longer? LIke two months after?
Will arrive on 25th of Jan "

How would you respond to that?

Mike.
Cut to the chase immediately. Tell her:

Sure. Give me your number and I'll text you mine in a few.


This way you've at least exchanged numbers. If she doesn't give her number or stalls? She's full of it. (Some do take a few days and just reply with their numbers) Leave the convo at telling her to give you her number and you'll text her yours. (After small talk on text tell her to send you a pic for your phone. (So you'll remember who she is. Don't tell her that.) Convo goes offline as soon as she leaves her number.

You may make small talk in the meantime but don't wait around. Spam other chicks. If in the future you're serious with someone else then don't respond. Or if you've got nothing to do at that point respond and meet up with her.


Again. If she doesn't leave her number for you to text her yours...Keep it moving and don't bother playing email tennis.
 

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Be more smooth about asking for her #. Do it like this:

I'd like to talk to you sometime but you'll have to help me out by filling in the blanks. (xxx) - xxx - xxxx. :)

Works 90 percent of the time.
 
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