"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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Twinges of Shame

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Anyone else have these about their AFC days?

Every so often ill remember something I did as a complete AFC and I inwardly cringe. Its an unpleasant sensation.
 

"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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Yes. :eek:

But it is a noble thing to take the red pill and un-learn what our feminized society shoved down our throats through shaming and coming out as a man on the other side.
 

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Oh yeah. It's like the color TV syndrome. All is well and dandy with B&W TV until you see color one for the first time. You then realize, damn, how the hell did I live before this. What we discuss here is our color TVs.
 

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I often have thoughts of things I've done.
FVVVVVVVVCKING D!CKHEAAAAAD.
^^thats how i normally think of myself when I have these memories :D
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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It goes away
 

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you young guys should feel lucky that you're aware of your inner afc early. when i was 21 nobody knew anything about this topic. lol.
 

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Meast1525 said:
Ya I tend to cringe too, but honestly it hurts worse to see people you are close to go through be AFC sh1t and then realizing there is nothing you can do to help them. It's a life process everyone has to go through. I am able to see sh1t coming from a mile away, but they just don't listen.
You know what's annoying though? When you try to tell them the real truth about dating women and what REALLY works and they agree half-assedly, but still cling on to their afc tendencies and DO THE SAME SH!T. Many afcs try to get women, but the real problem is that they never learn from it or they never try to alter their game. They just go like "Oh, she just wasn't the girl of my dreams then. I'll just do the same exact thing with this new girl, maybe she will be different!" *with Disney hopeful eyes*
 

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Fly By Night said:
You know what's annoying though? When you try to tell them the real truth about dating women and what REALLY works and they agree half-assedly, but still cling on to their afc tendencies and DO THE SAME SH!T. Many afcs try to get women, but the real problem is that they never learn from it or they never try to alter their game. They just go like "Oh, she just wasn't the girl of my dreams then. I'll just do the same exact thing with this new girl, maybe she will be different!" *with Disney hopeful eyes*
that's because it's not just a matter of 'telling' someone and them seeing the light.

it's a matter of actually changing your perception. the way you see things. taking dj's advice here to go NC has really changed my perception. and it has given me a lot of self-confidence.


NC and 'nexting' rules.
 

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I also notice, since i'm in the limbo, still in change, sometimes even people close by nver tell you anything and after you **** things up they tell you what you did wrong... how I wanted to bash his head against the wall saying and now you tell me that?..... but move on, still learning, score some fail a lot still trying to undertand all things here and see if I can forceen anything before it can happen
 

"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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I've broken down all the social dynamics of the whole men and women dating thing to people before, (spending a lot of personal time and effort) and people cannot argue against it because it the truth, even still they refuse to change their perceptions to adjust. i kept telling a guy he was wrong about how all women are gold-diggers and that they don't want nice guys. I broke it all down and at the end of the day he still holds onto the idea that its them and not him. The ego is a formidable fortress.


Its always better to just not even try. I go into it if people ask me about it but no longer do I volunteer. Too much effort for ingratitude and narrow mindedness.
 

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Yeah I have some pretty heavy regrets.

Like looking at a girl's ass in her own house after I hadn't seen her for about 8 years. She's the first girl that ever kissed me on the cheek, back when I was in primary school. After all that time I meet her again and immediately make the impression I'm a pervert. I'm pretty ashamed of that.

Also I got some HUGE IOI's from some HB8's, possibly HB9 to some, and I didn't act on them. I feel like the hugest dweeb ever when I think about those girls. I still have their numbers but it's almost been a year ago that I did those fvckups. I wonder if I should just give me a: "who are you?" text, and see where it goes. Need to find some more plates TBH.
 
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