"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 percentage of you are military ex or current?

"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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BaronOfHair

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Former Special Forces of Keckistan here. I was discharged and disavowed, for openly questioning Carl Benjamin's divinity one too many times
 

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I tried to be an army officer in college, but for some reason I always made senior officers furious. One day my colonel slammed me against a wall until I agreed to quit rotc. As he told me that he would make the rest of my life "a living hell," he punctuated each of those three words with another slam against the wall, then kept repeating. It was a very persuasive argument.
 

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I tried to be an army officer in college, but for some reason I always made senior officers furious. One day my colonel slammed me against a wall until I agreed to quit rotc
Well, you did slather the g-string he wore under his dress uniform in Dave's Insanity Sauce, Belt. More than once. Ain't surprising that the dude didn't have much love for you afterwards
 

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Hi Eli,
Your dodgy eyes saved you from what might have been a Dogs life...For me the Army was just like being in Prison but having a smarter uniform...First morning after Breakfast the Sargeant paraded us to allocate duties..."Who understands French here "he asked...No response,"OK anyone Know a little? I timidly responded that I had done three years in High School..."right you'll do smatarvse,you're on latrines".
 

"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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eli77

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Which brand? I was ready to join the Navy, I had the physical aptitude and I graduated from engineering at that time, but I found an engineering job and I didn't.

I wonder sometimes what could've been if I would've joined. Do you wonder too?
brand dont know about that but I applied to navy then marines.
 

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I tried to be an army officer in college, but for some reason I always made senior officers furious. One day my colonel slammed me against a wall until I agreed to quit rotc. As he told me that he would make the rest of my life "a living hell," he punctuated each of those three words with another slam against the wall, then kept repeating. It was a very persuasive argument.
was that due to typical politics?Or did you seduce his girl?
 
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