"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
its barely 2018 and I've lost 2 people I know
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"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
For yourself as much as possible try and stick to your routine. Routine is good for men in tough times.
KingofPuss
Master Don Juan
I'm sorry for your loss. The only way the year will be bad is if you allow yourself to get down and out. I know, easy for me to say. But be strong, reach out for help. We're all here for you, you have family, friends, loved ones, be with them in this time. When you're ready start back to improving yourself and making your uncle and friend proud.
Desdinova
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I think everyone gets a 5hit storm at least once in their life. It fvcking sucks, but that's just how things go. Take care of yourself and keep moving forward.
Consider your uncle fortunate to have died of old age. Consider the car accident fate.
"Everything that you cannot control by applying your reason is ultimately out of your hands. It is fate. Fate happens. Treat it with indifference"
No it is not a sign, let's not start creating self fulfilling prophecies now.
Now is a moment to be careful of making this about you, about feeling sorry for yourself. Now is a time for ultimate self care, mental fortitude,
grieving with dignity and honor and self respect.
"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.
