"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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Why don't you have kids?

sevbucmash

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Simple question really, if expanded she asking this, what is wrong with you, are you gay or something wrong with you?

How to answer it?
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Manure Spherian

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How to answer it?
You answer by stating your reasons.
@Manure Spherian is correct in how you answer that question. This is a question that will rarely be asked. Childless women generally do not want to ask this question.

There are a lot of good answers to the question.

You can say that the timing wasn't correct in any of your previous relationships to take that step. You did not want to put a child in a bad position. You wanted to provide your future child with a healthy, loving, and stable environment with 2 parents in a healthy and loving marriage. Since that was not reality for you, you opted against having children in all previous relationships.
 

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I wish that all questions were this easy. I've been asked this all my life.

Her; Why don't you have kids (ironically, this is usually asked by divorced women with children)

Me: I like the art of practicing for children, but only want the end result with a woman that appears capable of permanent marriage and proper motherhood.
 

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Hi Sevbucmash,
A Woman asking those sorts of intrusive questions is seeking the dominant role,by putting you in a defensive position she is really being adversarial,move on!...Should you wish to persevere you simply say "probably for the same reason you haven't got more!"
 

“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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The late 20's - early 30's single mom's I dated were notorious for asking this. I always said my ex-wife and I were together for a long time and busy with careers/hobbies so building a family took a back burner. But I spend lots of time with my niece and enjoy that.

If she has kids you can bet she wants to screen you to see if you enjoy kids as well.

Some may be looking to have a kid and only want to date guys that share that desire.

Just don't come across as some one who doesn't like kids. That's usually what she wants to know.

Once you get in your 40's most of them don't care and you won't hear that question come up as often assuming you are dating similar age women.
 

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"Yes I'm gay. You think there's something wrong with that?" Let her qualify, not you.
Maybe? Let me know.

I have a small penis. Just when she looks down, start talking about different positions, reverse crab, or girl on bottom man on top.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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It's not something I'd write off completely, but I don't have the time and energy for all that. Lives can be busy enough without them.
 

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"The women i have been with turned out to not hold the same values, beliefs, morals, and goals as mine"
 
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