"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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Rockets over Dallas

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When I saw Houston move into the 5th spot in the west, I was disapointed. I knew they could beat Seattle, but not really so sure about Dallas. Dissapointed negated. They crushed them in the first game. T-mac and Mike James were on fire and Eric Dampier was a Jabron. I definately think Houston can take them and move to the second round (only to probably be smashed by San Antonio). Anyway, my finals pick, San Antonio vs Miami, (duh). San Antonio the winner in 7 (sorry Shaq, maybe next year)
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Well, if T-mac plays like he did in game1 vs the Mavs throughout the whole playoffs, then the Rockets will make the finals. I think the Rockets will beat the mavs. Then you got the spurs although they might not beat the Nuggets, Spurs are tuff, if the rockets get them it will go 6-7 games and im not even picking the winner...... too close to me.
 
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Mavs played like crap the other day. It is obvious that we can beat them and the record in the league doesnt lie. Wea re tied 2-2 but both of the games the mavs werent healthy team.

Last game they played was horrible. No team shoots 35% on regular basis, and we all certeinly know that the mavs dont either. Nowitzki made 5-19 from the field, now he was guarder pretty well, but even when he was wide open, he couldnt nail the shot. He had a horrible game and Avery made some bad decisions such as keeping Stackhouse to long in the game and letting him play selfishly. Instead he shouldve played Marquies when he saw that Jerry didnt do much as a teammate but shoot every ball that he got. He shouldve played Henderson to hustle the boards. He is a hustler and a hard worker who wouldve helped.

tonight i am going to the mavs game and we will win.

110-92 Mavs
 
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Sorry!!!!!

But Houston Wins Again! Damm, it was a great game, 113 to 111. Would'nt have happend if Keith Van Horn was paying attention and played some defense at the end. Dallas should have never traded the great Nick Van Exel.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Wat more can you say about Tracy mcgrady 30pts,10asts,8rebounds?Truly stepping up as the leagues best player.......Yao13-14 from the field set up by Tmacs scoring ability. Dirk still got notin for emm
 
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