"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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what makes someone fall for their friend?

garruk

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im sure all of you guys have fallen for one of your friends back in the day.

what was it about her that made you fall for her?

i ask this because i was talking to a really good chick friend of mine (totally platonic, shes almost like a sister now) and she was saying how of all the boyfrineds she's ever had, the best one was one that she had been friends with first.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Maxtro

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It's very common for males to fall for female friends. It's due to liking by proximity. The more time spent with her the more the interest grows.

What I find odd, is that girls don't work that way. The more time a guy spends with a girl, the more she begins to think of him like a brother.
 

backbreaker

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easily

not spinning enough plates.

when i had options i never bothered to look at women i was friends with. ironicallyt his made them like me more

if you focus on one woman, regardless of who is is, you will develop strong feelings for her.
 
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