"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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Rule regarding timing of texts?

The LadyKiller

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A couple of nights ago, I sent a C&F text to a HB I'm getting to know (around 11pm, when most people in their early/mid 20s are still awake). I woke up the following day to see she responded with her own C&F comment - which came in at 5:00 in the morning. Because there is a timestamp on our texts, I poked fun at her regarding the timing of the text. Her story was that she was up early for a flight.

Blame this on my naivety of text game, but is this normal behavior? While she may have simply seen it then and responded accordingly, one of my buds says that his wife works odd hours, but she's not sending texts that late/early to just anyone. Years ago, a girl I went to college with responded to a joke I made at 4am, and we eventually dated for a couple of months. Is there any correlation between odd-timed texts and significance? (and I don't mean obvious things like drunk dials or booty calls).

This HB recently got out of a lengthy relationship and I have a few other plates, so while I have things going on, this caught my attention. I figured I'd post it here to see what you all thought.
 

"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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mikey2012

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Why do you care what time the text came in?
Maybe she just finished banging some dude.
If you are already invested so much at this early stage then you are going have the rough ride...
 

Meisterman

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I don't think you should have mentioned it to her. It just shows that you care about these things and/or pay attention to them. When really you shouldn't give two fu*ks about it or invest an ounce of energy wondering why she sent it at that time.
 

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I think if she's replying at 4am etc, it does show that she's interested.
However, it's not like you can take that interest to the bank and cash it in....
 

The LadyKiller

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Thanks for the responses to clear that up. I was curious about the text-timing as a whole and if it carried any significance, but I can't and won't take the results to heart. More of an observation than anything - though the suggestion she could be interested is clearly a good thing.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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mikey2012

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Like I said she could have just finished suking some guys covk. Maybe she's being polite ... Wouldn't read too much into it..
 

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Yeah I wouldn't let I worry you. I work nightshift & I don't send women messages in unsociable hours. The way is see it is I want her to receive text when she's feeling good. Sending her one at 3am might piss her off.
 

The LadyKiller

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PairPlusRoyalFlush said:
5am is not the typical ****sucking time....
Hahaha, well put. HB was visiting family in her hometown, so unless there's some odd family relations going on, she wasn't getting down.
 
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