"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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rediculous...$1000 pizza

"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.

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ChapStick

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speakeasy said:
How the f*ck does a pair of socks cost $700???
I was thinking the exact same thing! I mean, shirts, jeans.. those prices you mentioned are normal prices for designer stuff.. But sock?! WTF! lol.. Rich gay dude.. lol!
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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Hey, people regularly pay $5 or more for a cup of coffee with ingredients costing about $0.50. Smart businesses will charge whatever the market is willing to pay for a product. As long as there is a market, there's revenue.
 

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Hah! This makes me laugh!

I'd rather eat Soylent Green than fish eggs.
 

"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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