"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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You KNOW you're hopeless AFC when. . .

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I didn't realize it then (cause I was HOPELESS AFC, now I'm still pretty AFC, but have some hope).

Senior year in high school, a girl went into the corner to change into her band uniform (I was a hardcore bandee, still am, except nowadays noone gives me shyt about it). She calls me over and tells me to turn around and block other people from seeing her strip down to her undies to change. She tells me she chose me because she knows I'm a nice guy and wouldn't sneak a peak.

And I didn't.

When I look back, I get so PISSED that I was considered the safest guy in the room and the guy who would be LEAST likely to take advantage of a situation like that. Wouldn't happen now, but DAAAAAAAMN!!!!!
 

"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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This is bad because I bet she thinks you like guys for not looking.
 
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Originally posted by bud_2005
This is bad because I bet she thinks you like guys for not looking.
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Well that was a long ass time ago, but you're probably right. She probably may have thought that.
 
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Of course, if you did sneak a peek, and she didn't happen to be attracted to you, then you'd be typing this from prison.
 
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I have one that tops it all:

You are a hopeless AFC when your wife plots to kill you, gets caught, and you support her through the whole trial and incarceration.

That beats paying $17,000 ad to apologize.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Howzabout this one...

One poor sap had a marriage proposal skywritten ... and the gal not only ditched him, but sued him for public embarrassment.
 
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