"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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u pay or they pay!

Francisco d'Anconia

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Originally posted by Easy Tiger
This post is generally about gender based issues that are not really applicable as a criticism against my standpoint. I appreciate the principle, though, that a lot of the time when people pay for dates they aren't clear why they are doing so, and as a result they act in such a fashion that they wouldn't be comfortable with if they were conscious of their motivation.

I will, however, do what works for me. Thanks for the interesting posts.
Hey, you asked why I have my opinion and I told you straight away with societal empirical evidence to substantiate it. Obviously you don't have change your opinion but it's hard not to identify with what's being perpetuated. Now, all this thread needs is someone to post a justification as to why this premise exists.
 

"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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Originally posted by loner4shou
HAHAHA!
TIS IS 2 F***KEN Javelin44. Y DONT U SHUT THE F*** UP, RUNNING UP IN MY BUSINESS LIKE TAT. GO TAKE A CHILL PILL.

:crackup:
dude, speak english
 
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