"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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Raising a woman's IL vs raising one's own SMV?

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Anti-Dump and Interest Level

If you asked Anti-Dump, “What ought I to do to please the women?” he would reply:

“What! Please the women? Stop looking from the perspective of the woman and start looking at
what pleases YOU.”

This is where most guys get Anti-Dump wrong. These guys (Speed Seductionists, etc.) keep
trying to CREATE romantic interest. “I will give the women a chance to get to know me.” Anti-
Dump isn’t interested in CREATING interest because it has to already be there. This confuses
many.

Let us say a cool guy uses Anti-Dump’s Machine. He finds a girl that loves him. Now let us say
a bum on the street uses Anti-Dump’s Machine. He finds no girl that loves him.

“See! See! His Machine doesn’t work!”

Fools! You are placing the success on obtaining women, not on obtaining INTERESTED
women. It is not a black and white world of “Success = Having Women” and “Failure = Staying
Single.” No, it is “Success= Not being attached to UNINTERESTED women.” and “Failure =
Being attached to an UNINTERESTED women.” Being in an unhappy marriage is worse than being single.

In both the cool guy and the bum’s examples, Anti-Dump’s Machine worked. The Machine is
not to get you a woman, its purpose is to WEED OUT uninterested women. If you are the street
bum, no women will be interested in you. The machine is not the failure, the man is.

Now if the street bum recreated himself and became Cool Guy, the machine will throw up an
interested women eventually.

It is that simple.
I remember reading Mark Manson the other year and he was talking about three types of women: women that will never be into you, women that will 'always' be into you and ones on the fence. IIRC, his general premise was that 'game' comes into play for the ones on the fence to push them into liking you, i.e. raising their IL.

AD's approach seems to be more about working on yourself, i.e. raising your own SMV to automatically create high IL from women rather than doing anything to them in particular. If there is any 'game' involved, it seems to be more to do with not ****ing things up, i.e. lowering high IL, rather than raising average IL through 'game'.

I'm aware AD's machine is just for LTR/wife and that Mark Manson did advocate working on yourself as well. However, I'd appreciate some input on people's take on 'gaming' women vs raising one's own SMV in three main situations (ONS/fling; dating/plates; LTR or long term lovers) and what kind of results you've achieved from that approach.
 

"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.

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Ill throw a tidbit out there. Maybe gain IL from other members of her group. Dont waste time on uninterested chicks.
 

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Thanks. Definitely agree with the last sentence. Can you expand on "Maybe gain IL from other members of her group" a little?
 

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Thanks. Definitely agree with the last sentence. Can you expand on "Maybe gain IL from other members of her group" a little?
Flirt with spend time with them. Have her group see you successful out with other chicks. Targeting a female of low desire is a sure fire way to kill your swag. Be desired by MORE women. Have deeper social penetration.
 

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So you think AD was a little bit too idealistic? You think that while we should be working on ourselves as men to raise our SMV, we should still be socialising in ways that raise a woman's IL and not automatically expect high IL straight away?
 

"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.

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I gotta say that it first starts with you. As soon as you increase your confidence, self esteem (increase Smv), women will sense that and your game will become much easier.
 

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Thanks. To be honest I prefer working on raising my own SMV rather than doing 'game'. I always found game a bit artificial. Then again, I'm not getting the results I want, which is why I came here to educate myself.
 

"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.

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Yeah, it's pointless. I guess people might do it because of a lack of options? It's probably why I did it in the past.
Cause you didnt know any better. All options does is show a man that there are women willing do do what he desires and others who will waste his time.
 

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Exactly. When they see you fvcking other bishes some will "step over" as Player Supreme said.

They love "preselected" men.
Hmm ... I have a feeling I'm not understanding some of these concepts I'm using properly. To me this is more like game rather than working on raising your SMV (which to me would be more like weights, grooming, career, hobbies, etc.). Looks like I'll have to do some more reading/thinking.
 

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Hmm ... I have a feeling I'm not understanding some of these concepts I'm using properly. To me this is more like game rather than working on raising your SMV (which to me would be more like weights, grooming, career, hobbies, etc.). Looks like I'll have to do some more reading/thinking.
Part of your value is social and with other women.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Personally I've never gone out of my way to increase a woman's IL.

It has always been women subtly/covertly initiating and me following up if I'm interested - this is where the game begins.
 
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