"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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walked away from her.

"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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Thorninmyside

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Three months and claiming ownership and then complaining about time together is usually what the person with the vagina does.

This would have been a good opportunity to spend 3 weeks of the months talking to other women without any dramatic speeches or demands, and making her see you're something to invest in. Are you?

But for a guy to pull out from being fun and being a nag in that sort of time, there's no way she was gonna play ball. Calling bluff only works if they have more in this than you.
 

JohnChops

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Holy **** this is my situation except in the girl , comparing to yours. **** man she's in medical school, take it from someone on that path, I see my current GF about once every 2 weeks. It sucks when she bothers me and I'm trying to study or she guilts me into hanging out with her then I lose study time. Honestly, I'm siding with the girl on this one. Being a doctor > relationship all day.

So it wasn't working out, no biggie, walking away was pretty much all you could do. If she's anything like me, she isn't going to study less/less effort in school for a relationship. I know I wouldn't and just because she's a woman, doesn't mean she won't either.

Sorry bud.
 
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