"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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Speaking of unreactive

zekko

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A few girls at work asked me if I was going to be working this weekend, I told them no. They said "oh no, who are we going to tease if you're not here?" I said HB7 will be here, tease her. And one of the girls said "We don't want to tease HB7, she reacts. We like to tease you because you don't react".

Now I've heard all this theory about how girls like it if you're nonreactive and I suppose it made sense to me. But I've never heard a girl actually say it. I didn't even think they would be aware of it on a conscious level. Just thought I'd share.
 

"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.

Read more...

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Interesting, but not really surprising. Having a sense of humor, having humility and having a strong frame that won't rattle when others make fun of you, is always a plus. HB7 is probably too sensitive with the ragging and therefore isn't as much fun in that regard.
 

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HB7 is probably too sensitive with the ragging and therefore isn't as much fun in that regard.
Teasing HB7 would be like kicking a hamster.
 
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