"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.
"this" or "that"
- Thread starter dip
- Start date
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Mack Bishop
Don Juan
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moon or flash?
Abbott
Master Don Juan
A kidnapper takes both your sister and your daughter. He's a greedy bastard so you only have enough ransom money for one of them. Who do you pick?
Your sister lives,
OR
Your daughter lives?
"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Spike_the_Dragon
Senior Don Juan
Which of the following types of alien babes would you most like to bed:
A.Reptelian alien babe (careful, she's poisonous).
or,
B. Squid-like alien babe (warning, she's dangerously acidic).
?
johnballantine02
Don Juan
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- Nov 6, 2004
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Hamster or Garden House up butt?
penkitten
Master Don Juan
im gonna go with hamster since a house wont fit up my butt...
eat a maget sandwhich
or
lie down in a tub of spiders
check_mate_kid_uk
Master Don Juan
and more importantly the moneyOriginally posted by Spike_the_Dragon
Sister lives. I don't have any kids and I doubt that I ever will. Although, in real life I'd just track the guy down and kill him thus saving the lives of my loved ones.
?
dearsappho
Senior Don Juan
AIDS or Cancer?
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
I-am-someone
Senior Don Juan
Jump off of a skyscraper.
or
Stand at the bottom of a skyscraper, waiting for a big fat cow to fall on your head?
check_mate_kid_uk
Master Don Juan
spend a a week in a room with a cow
or a week with a repulsivly ugly girl that is really anoying and what shut the fcuk up.
I-am-someone
Senior Don Juan
I'd prefer a week with a repulsively ugly girl that is really annoying and won't shut the fvck up.
At least I'll learn something from that
check_mate_kid_uk
Master Don Juan
I-am-someone
Senior Don Juan
Another one:
Sex with a dog
or
Sex with a donkey
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
jonny football hero
Master Don Juan
Get caught shagging a man by a hot popular woman (at your workplace)
Or
Get caught jerking off by your entire family?
penkitten
Master Don Juan
eat yellow snow
or
eat brown snow
jonny football hero
Master Don Juan
Well thats not fair.........
Helter Skelter
Master Don Juan
lobster or filet mignon
penkitten
Master Don Juan
i dream of genie chick
or
the bewitched chick
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.