"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
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"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.
alphaace
Don Juan
Most battles in war are won by having better intelligence than the other side. The same goes for getting a date with a reluctant woman. You need to do some intelligence gathering. Find out where she lives and where she throws away her trash.
If the trash can is a huge dumpster, no problem. People usually throw away their trash when they go out for the day, or, right after making a pile of smelly food waste at meal time. Do a little more surveillance and find out when she throws it away. You can zero in on her garbage bags by looking at the addresses on mail.
What you're looking for is blood. In particular, the blood on sanitary napkins or tampons. It's not pretty, but you did expect to be handling the source of that material anyway. Don't get squeamish now.
Once you determine when she's on the rag, you have the key intel. All you have to do is come back in about 12 days when she's in heat.
Of course, if you can get in her house, it's a lot easier. Especially if she marks the start of her period with a little P on the calendar.
seethehoop
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That's called stalking and it's pretty much frowned upon.Down Low said:Here's what burnt spy Michael Westen would say:
Most battles in war are won by having better intelligence than the other side. The same goes for getting a date with a reluctant woman. You need to do some intelligence gathering. Find out where she lives and where she throws away her trash.
If the trash can is a huge dumpster, no problem. People usually throw away their trash when they go out for the day, or, right after making a pile of smelly food waste at meal time. Do a little more surveillance and find out when she throws it away. You can zero in on her garbage bags by looking at the addresses on mail.
What you're looking for is blood. In particular, the blood on sanitary napkins or tampons. It's not pretty, but you did expect to be handling the source of that material anyway. Don't get squeamish now.
Once you determine when she's on the rag, you have the key intel. All you have to do is come back in about 12 days when she's in heat.
Of course, if you can get in her house, it's a lot easier. Especially if she marks the start of her period with a little P on the calendar.
If she flakes once but gives a reason give her another chance, if she offers an alternate date that's a good sign. Flakes twice she's done. Fool me once.....
"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.
If you look in the mirror and realize that you don't have what it takes to be a spy, don't try. Someone will just get hurt. Probably you.seethehoop said:That's called stalking and it's pretty much frowned upon.
You're just going to have to gather intel in a more traditional way. Learn to recognize when women are in heat. And strike when the iron is hot.
Maybe the creepiest thing I ever RED. Get it?Down Low said:Here's what burnt spy Michael Westen would say:
Most battles in war are won by having better intelligence than the other side. The same goes for getting a date with a reluctant woman. You need to do some intelligence gathering. Find out where she lives and where she throws away her trash.
If the trash can is a huge dumpster, no problem. People usually throw away their trash when they go out for the day, or, right after making a pile of smelly food waste at meal time. Do a little more surveillance and find out when she throws it away. You can zero in on her garbage bags by looking at the addresses on mail.
What you're looking for is blood. In particular, the blood on sanitary napkins or tampons. It's not pretty, but you did expect to be handling the source of that material anyway. Don't get squeamish now.
Once you determine when she's on the rag, you have the key intel. All you have to do is come back in about 12 days when she's in heat.
Of course, if you can get in her house, it's a lot easier. Especially if she marks the start of her period with a little P on the calendar.