"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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FiNs2BeCaUgHt

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When I was born I had some type of disease that made me sick. My bro said I kept getting skinnier and skinnier.. and I WOULD have died if the doctors didnt treat me with STEROIDS. Im worried that it will effect me.
I just turned 16 and through my whole life everyone thinks im like 20.. because of how big I am.. THOUGH I work out alot..
I've notixced my self with alot of anger and aggresive attitude.. though I had a messed up child hood... Iunno if STEROIDS was the cause..
 

"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.

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Zaraza

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I dont knwo about the steroids, but i do know that Martial Arts helped me control my anger problems i had when i was younger. To this day i am a much more calm person. Have you ever looked into them?
 

FiNs2BeCaUgHt

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Yeah I know what you mean.. Im just worried about what they did.. Was it right to give me steroids? But they are DOCTORS.. they should know wgtf they are doing.. hell im alive.. :S
 

Zaraza

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If you were going to die, and that was a way out. I dont see how that was a wrong choice. Your main job right now is figure out who you are and develop yourself to a max potential. Anger problems isn't only due to steroids, it could be because of your child hood, it all depends on how your nervous system develops. The good thing is, is that it is something you can fix or atleast control most of the time. Be grateful your alive and use it to your advantage. Depending on your child hood you may be a lot smarter in certain situations than others. If you are worried about getting too big, you can slow down on your work outs? maybe lose some muscle and maintain a little lower muscle weight?

What relaxes you? Anger problems could be lack of sleep, a large amount of stress, any pain in the body?

im throwing some ideas out. Basically, its not necessarily steroids.

As i am not experienced in steroids i dont wanna give you a wrong answer and proclaim that it is correct. Take my ideas with a grain of salt.
 

"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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MrS

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No, they weren't the cause.
All the roid rage **** is bs.
Be cool.
 

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There's more than one kind of steroid. I was treated with antibiotics and oral steroids when I had a bad case of bronchitus.
 

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First of all there are many kinds of steroids...

Namely they are glucocorticoids (like cortisol), sex steroids (testosterone and estrogen) and ones the help control ion balances (stuff like aldosterone). They all have a basic structure to them called the steroid nucleus...hahaha that sounds so hardcore! Your body makes steroids from from cholesterol.

So they could have given you glucocorticoids or aldosterone for treatment. If they did give you testosterone or other anabolics if could be to help stimulate your body to build up if you had some kind of wasting disease. A guy on our unit has malnutrition cuz his guts don't work great, and he gets testosterone patches. I know on burn units they'll often use really anabolic drugs like oxymethylone to help growth and healing. It also helps increase red blood cells.

Despite what they gave you drugs get metabolized and cease to be effective over time. Even if they gave you test your body would more than likely revert to its natural testosterone "set point" once they stopped giving it via negative feedback. How long ago did you get these treatments?
 
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