"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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Two and a Half Men - Analysis

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Hey Guys;
I was watching a show called Two and a Half men w/ Charlie Sheen in it. Anyway the story goes as follows. The guy (Charlie) lives in a beachouse with his brother who is divorced and his brothers kid (hence the two and a half men).

Watching Charlies actions he is a true PUA (not necessarily a DJ though). He has the most common approaches and just comments on the situation. As an example , his nephew got in trouble at school and he went to visit the teacher and just picked her up.
He makes the most out of every situation.

It is also an interesting contrast to see his next door neighbor (whom he slept with once) and how obsessed she is over him.She's not an HB but this is the effect that most of us want (ok, maybe not obsession :D).

His brother, however is the quintessential AFC. His ex wife walks all over him and he spends most evenings at home. Charlie makes attempts at trying to teach him how to pick up - to no avail.

There was one episode recently where he was trying to explain the 2 day rule and why you don't call a girl before that. The tables were reversed though and he ended up dating a female version of him - you should see the wreck that he became. He was getting played like he played everybody else and shows how easy it is to loose control in certain situations (she would fvck him at her house and ask him to leave because she needed to sleep)

This is THE MOST true to life sitcom i've ever seen. No romantic bull**** - his goals are straight and he knows what he wants. If any of you ever get the chance to watch it - it is absolutley hilarious watching it from our point of view.

Hint Hint: check out bit torrent or newsgroups (the entire 2nd season is up now)
- Adam
 

"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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Perhaps. But I don't think it's funny.
 

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Turn off your tv, go do something
 

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I liked the part where Charlie brings the alcohol to the primary school cuz he hates kids.

But I liked Charlie Sheen better in Wall Street.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Originally posted by thefonz
Turn off your tv, go do something
yeah, lets go clubbing on a monday night
 

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Two and a Half Men - Analysis

Weak and cliched Westernised drivel that I'm supposed to swallow as "humour". The "playah" one is the usual "self absorbed", self indulgent" (words with a negative connation, obviously to keep it society checked from their website) and the AFC one is the usual cookie cutter supplicant and sterile excuse that makes me feel embarrasment for my own gender.

Run of the mill repulsion and ad nauseum for me, nothing new from T.V really.
 

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I think that it is humorous
 

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Originally posted by ( . )( . )
Two and a Half Men - Analysis

Weak and cliched Westernised drivel that I'm supposed to swallow as "humour". The "playah" one is the usual "self absorbed", self indulgent" (words with a negative connation, obviously to keep it society checked from their website) and the AFC one is the usual cookie cutter supplicant and sterile excuse that makes me feel embarrasment for my own gender.

Run of the mill repulsion and ad nauseum for me, nothing new from T.V really.
Give this man a cigar. You've just described every "family-oriented" sitcom on television. Maybe one day there'll be a sticom where the men are men and the women are in the kitchen. j/k :crackup:

Actually, show producers may actually put out some quality sitcoms, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
 

"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.

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