"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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Single mothers

Rainman4707

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This guy has just won the big election, that means he is now in full power.

A single mom posted on Facebook last night. "If this guy gets beat, I will drink champagne and piss in the street. He is an absolute fu#king joke. How dare he try and stop me working. I am lucky I have my 74 year old mom to help me babysit my child whilst I go to work (and Yes I work) can only do it part time though coz don't want to put on to my 74 year old mom. I wish I could slap boris all over. He is an absolute disgrace and that's putting it mildly"

Thought I'd share this as I know single moms are a topic on here.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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But.... I've never been more affected by government decisions so much in my nearly 33 years of existance, than I have in the last 3 years.

I've only ever been a parent under Tory leadership. The relationship with me and my child's father broke down and I'm known as a single mother. The amount of prejudice against single mothers is absolutely dis-****ING-gusting
to begin with, let alone what the tories bright ideas are to 'help'. All single mothers are by far NOT all the same! And that fat ugly c$nt shaming single mothers about the upbringing of their kids...?! Wey aye Boris, have a word with my mam






I consider myself to be one of the lucky ones as I have my mam AT 76 YEARS OLD to look after my 5 year son while I work. Yes, I work! I have a fuc$ing fantastic job! As much as I'd like to work full time, I simply cannot put that much onto my 76 year old mam. Yet the Tories have given me every single reason not to work. Instead of helping me stay in work, they've made me out to be the biggest mug. They're lucky I still have my mam coz without her I couldn't work.

Anyway, I'm not overly keen on any of them so I voted for the team who are most likely to get these idiots out, even if i don't agree with all of their policies or the **** running the **** show.

Honestly, if I wake up tomorrow and the tories are out, I'll drink champagne and piss in the street.

That was more of the single moms post
 
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