"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 would you pros make of this?

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LOL @ bootlegger

"The student has become the teacher"

Check out that link I left you, that is such a cool post
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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I read it.

It's amazing at how accurately it describes all of us AFC. That article is sooo true. And has to be done sooner or later.

This "I'll ask her next week, when the time is right" BS has got to go.




I gotta get something positive out of this. Even if it is just a lesson learned.
 

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I got some practice in today.


I went down to speak with my instructor, and this girl was down there studying.

I took it upon myself to go talk to her. She was studying with a friend, and one thing that she always does, is she starts talking to her friend and gets off track about other things. I used to get up and leave, or pretend I didn't hear them... But today. I interrupted, and continued talking about what I wanted to talk about. "She just laughed, and apologized, and said, yeah I guess we did just kinda change the subject".

I stayed for about 25 minutes, looking over some papers our instructor gave us.

I then gathered my things, and said, "I'll see you guys in the morning". And she turned and looked and said "what, You're leaving?". I said, yeah I have some things to do today. She said "so you're not going to look over your past tests(which was what she was doing)". I said no. I'm just kinda burned out on the whole subject. She said, 'well i'll see you later'. Then I turned and left.

It was great. I left her wanting more. Instead of the other way around.

She was going to be down there for another 2 hours. But if I'm ever going to learn to walk away... This is the girl to do it to. If I can walk away from this girl... I can walk away from ANYONE.
 

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Originally posted by bootlegger
I got some practice in today.


I went down to speak with my instructor, and this girl was down there studying.

I took it upon myself to go talk to her. She was studying with a friend, and one thing that she always does, is she starts talking to her friend and gets off track about other things. I used to get up and leave, or pretend I didn't hear them... But today. I interrupted, and continued talking about what I wanted to talk about. "She just laughed, and apologized, and said, yeah I guess we did just kinda change the subject".

I stayed for about 25 minutes, looking over some papers our instructor gave us.

I then gathered my things, and said, "I'll see you guys in the morning". And she turned and looked and said "what, You're leaving?". I said, yeah I have some things to do today. She said "so you're not going to look over your past tests(which was what she was doing)". I said no. I'm just kinda burned out on the whole subject. She said, 'well i'll see you later'. Then I turned and left.

It was great. I left her wanting more. Instead of the other way around.

She was going to be down there for another 2 hours. But if I'm ever going to learn to walk away... This is the girl to do it to. If I can walk away from this girl... I can walk away from ANYONE.

You still are pursuing her!!! I'm not saying to completely ignore her, but she's just another girl now, throw her back in the sea with the rest of them. End this thread so you stop thinking about her and find new girls!!


PIMP
 

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I have nothing to lose though right?

I would rather be all out rejected, and told NO.
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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