"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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"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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Originally posted by Golden Arms
noway; what about Steak n Shake and Denny's ?
steak and shake i dont really care for

dennys and waffle house are my favorites

and sometimes, taco bell is open too hehehe
 

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After reading this thread, I popped in Harold and Kumar into my DVD player.

I fell asleep after watching it.

The next morning, the first thing I did was drive to Krystal Burger (southeast equivalent to WC) and indulged myself with the unhealthiest food one could imagine.

But as Harold said,
"MAN, that hit the spot!"

Until next week....
 

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When I'm drunk at 4am I don't care what food it is, as long as it has meat and tastes good. McDonalds, Burger Kings, I even ate stuff from gas stations!
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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Originally posted by sstype
After reading this thread, I popped in Harold and Kumar into my DVD player.

I fell asleep after watching it.

The next morning, the first thing I did was drive to Krystal Burger (southeast equivalent to WC) and indulged myself with the unhealthiest food one could imagine.

But as Harold said,
"MAN, that hit the spot!"

Until next week....
mmmm krystals with cheese and mustard and a pickle, and a corn pup mmmmm
 
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