"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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Using alcohol to help your game

Francisco d'Anconia

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DoctorLW said:
.. I mean what other possible reason could explain all the hostility on this board?
If you think this is hostility you have no idea what this forum is really about. Sit back, grab a drink, open your mind, you may learn something.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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DoctorLW said:
I'll tell you I know lots of girls who find men who can't (or choose not to) drink as HUGE turnoffs.
Probably not the drinking itself, but the behaviour. Just try it and see for yourself. If you're sober around people who had as little as 5 beers you'd act 600% less direct, 'silly' and less 'blunt'.

Get off your high horses and realize just because your game sucks when your drunk doesn't mean you have to be bitter and get angry with those who have more success with it. I mean what other possible reason could explain all the hostility on this board?
+10000000
 

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How did this turn into "don't drink". It's not about that. Drinking is fun. But it should enhance the good mood you're already in. Seems pretty straightforward.
 

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The best part is when it switches over from drinkin alcohol to pick up chics to drinkin alcohol because you like the taste of booze and f*ck what anybody else thinks!

Yeeeah! That's how I roll!
 

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Tomorrow I'm going to a club in Providence, RI totally sober... I'll let ya'll know how that goes.

P.S. If any1 gonna be in Providence clubs tomorrow, let me know.
 

"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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A master don juan is silky smooth at all times. I am no master don juan, so the alcohol helps calm the nerves when I make an approach on a random at a club. However, getting drunk and doing stupid things, like slurring your speech and stumbling, is an entirely different story.
 

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DJVladdy said:
Tomorrow I'm going to a club in Providence, RI totally sober... I'll let ya'll know how that goes.

P.S. If any1 gonna be in Providence clubs tomorrow, let me know.
I've partied in Providence. I'd make the drive up to Boston.
 
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