"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 sweetener do you use?

JohnnyIrish

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I was ordering from trueprotein.com and they give several different sweetner options. I tried stevia in their shakes and honestly I can't tast any difference (there sales rep assures me its in there). Now I'm thinking of going with splenda. From what I've read it seems harmless enough however their aren't any long term studies done about it yet so who knows.

In any event this got me wondering. Whats your prefered sweetner? Why do you prefer it?
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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mrRuckus

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take splenda in your coffee or something for a few days. it's known to cause diarrhea in some people
 

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I use Splenda in my shakes. I've thought about others, but i'd have to test them all, but you can do stevia as well, or neosweet. Stevia has a unique taste, so some applications it doesn't work that well in for flavoring. I tried this in a custom supplement I formulated, and it didnt work well with the other ingredients.

So its pretty much up to how it tastes, and how sweet one is versus the other.

I personally have never had problems with Splenda.
 

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why not just use regular sugar? i mean a teaspoon only has something like 15 cals in it. and at least you know that your body will have no problem with it, since sugar is a natural substance.

sugar in small amounts isn't bad.

i mean, a can of pop has 10 teaspoons of sugar in it. so if you are like me and you dont eat candy or pop, you can pretty much use regular sugar and still be consuming less of it than if you were drinking 1 can of pop a day.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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