"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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Would you take this deal?

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Effington

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A friend of mine told me a story about a bet one of his friends made awhile back. Apparently, before the beginning of the 2007 NFL season, this guy put a fairly sizable bet on the New England Patriots to go 19-0 and win the Super Bowl. I don't know how much he put down, but the pay out was $6 million at the end.

A few days before the Super Bowl, the casino called him and offered him $3 million to settle the bet.

Obviously, hindsight is 20/20, but that was an upset of epic proportions. Do you think you would have settled?
 

"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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of course. anybody can win, he was extremely lucky to get the 18-0 record

nothing is a sure thing, especially when one team is taking on the very next best team in the country
 
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I'm not sure if it was part of the offer, but if it were a winning stock trade, a typical strategy is to close out half and let the other half ride. I would have counter-offered the casino that I'd accept 1.5 mil now and three more if the Pats won.
 
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