"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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Take the control once had?

Bronxtal112

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Whats up guys. Quick situtation. Been dating this girl for a month. Conversations went down about relationship talk such as - trust. Even though I do not currently want a relationship with her yet, she assumed I did and kind of flat out told me - "I can’t get in a relationship right now". It now seems like she has took the control I once had with her. Should I try to get that back? or Just forget about it? Any advice would be appreciated!
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Tomatoes

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Bronxtal112 said:
Whats up guys. Quick situtation. Been dating this girl for a month. Conversations went down about relationship talk such as - trust. Even though I do not currently want a relationship with her yet, she assumed I did and kind of flat out told me - "I can’t get in a relationship right now". It now seems like she has took the control I once had with her. Should I try to get that back? or Just forget about it? Any advice would be appreciated!

"I can't get into a relationship right now"

"Thats fine. Im comfortable with the way things are"
 

Walking Anomaly

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You should have thought of something witty to say...

ie. - "Whoa whoa, relationship?? Oh man you're moving too fast! im not ready for a relationship!"

That line is good for role reversal because you would normally expect a woman to say something like "we're moving too fast." It will get your point across while still being a bit funny and goofy.

~WA
 
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