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.
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Holy crap dude....is he still in The Philippines?
Never liked the guy guess this is karma
That guy is a POS. Makes it worse for guys who like to interact with strangers respectfully, platonic or not. Retarded antisocial behavior
Never liked the guy guess this is karma
So trueThat guy is a POS. Makes it worse for guys who like to interact with strangers respectfully, platonic or not. Retarded antisocial behavior
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.
Some Ukrainians named Vitaly are "Hero of Ukraine":Ukranian, what did you expect
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She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
New law passed in the Philippeans to make vlogging much more difficult.
Complements of Vitali.
@Travel memoir21 -- you can thank Vitali for making it more difficult for your channel now.
How are you going to navigate these new laws in your home country?
1) there's no such thing as karmaNever liked the guy guess this is karma