"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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Viewing oneself from the side

adpreston1988

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As it is, I'm not the most confident guy in the world, but I am improving and am very confident at times. I really like the way I look from a front profile and have gotten some tighter pants recently so my rear doesn't look larger than it actually is, but I'm having trouble really feeling confident with how I look from the side. Maybe I'm just overanalyzing, and most people think they look weird from the side. I have no idea, but when I look at myself from the side I don't have as much confidence as I do from a front profile. I don't know exactly what the reason is, but I just thought I'd bring it up and see how people react to this topic.
 

"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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Same. I am 5'8 160lbs and I feel from the front that I look fairly muscular, however when I see myself from the side, I see the same kid who weighed 130lbs a couple months ago.
 

Warboss Alex

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the only place they'll look at you closely from the side is in the army, so I wouldn't worry about it bro.
 
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