"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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She wants to be exclusive?

djceta21

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So I've been talking to a girl recently, we've made out and everything. She's asked me a few times about "What we are" and whether we're just friends, but every time I sort of just brushed the question off like I don't want to answer it. She's even told my friends that she wants me to ask her out but she doesn't want to keep bringing up the topic.

Is this the hint she's dropping that she wants to be exclusive? I know guys are never supposed to ask, but in this case has she already indirectly asked?
 

"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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djceta21 said:
So I've been talking to a girl recently, we've made out and everything. She's asked me a few times about "What we are" and whether we're just friends, but every time I sort of just brushed the question off like I don't want to answer it. She's even told my friends that she wants me to ask her out but she doesn't want to keep bringing up the topic.

Is this the hint she's dropping that she wants to be exclusive? I know guys are never supposed to ask, but in this case has she already indirectly asked?
Just tell her, "Not everything needs a label. All I know is that I'm enjoying the time we share together and I have strong feelings for you. Anything else beyond that I do not know. I just know how I feel."
 

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She is indirectly asking you to ask her out. If you want to be exclusive with her just go ahead and make it official.
 

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Matthew Lyon said:
Just tell her, "Not everything needs a label. All I know is that I'm enjoying the time we share together and I have strong feelings for you. Anything else beyond that I do not know. I just know how I feel."
The first part is good, but I would stop with "I'm enjoying the time we share together". A man should avoid using the 'F' word (feelings).
 

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bigneil said:
The first part is good, but I would stop with "I'm enjoying the time we share together". A man should avoid using the 'F' word (feelings).
I can see where you're going with this. If you don't have much experience with women, then avoid using the feelings word. But if you're confident in yourself and don't say it in a needy or wussy way, nothing wrong with saying feelings. I've even told girls, "I'm enjoying the friend zone with you. I've had thoughts about taking things further but prefer to get to know you better." And that night or 2 days later we're sleeping together. And I say it with confidence and sincerity. So it doesn't matter so much what you say but how you say it. You can even buy her a drink if you just met her, pay for all dinners, and give her compliments, but it can't come from a place of neediness. That's just my experience. I'm very nice and elaborate with women. I even tell them how I used to be very insecure with women while out on dates with them, lol. They love it!
 

"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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