"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.

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Making your point with someone who won't listen

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This one is only involving females in a background scenery, but I'm sure we've all ran across this phenomenon a few times...

How best to communicate with another man, who doesn't let you finish talking-ever.
An idiot...that I work with, unfortunately. I'm new, so he's trying to assert his "authority"...a joke in itself.

Nevertheless I have to deal with these idiots for 8 hours a night. One each night, on alternating nights.
Ugh. The IQs of Jellyfish, lmao.

Ideas? Suggestions?
Ultimately there's a woman in my future, who isn't involved with any of us presently, but a future possibility that could depend on my handling of these two "geniusnesses".
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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This one is only involving females in a background scenery, but I'm sure we've all ran across this phenomenon a few times...

How best to communicate with another man, who doesn't let you finish talking-ever.
An idiot...that I work with, unfortunately. I'm new, so he's trying to assert his "authority"...a joke in itself.

Nevertheless I have to deal with these idiots for 8 hours a night. One each night, on alternating nights.
Ugh. The IQs of Jellyfish, lmao.

Ideas? Suggestions?
Ultimately there's a woman in my future, who isn't involved with any of us presently, but a future possibility that could depend on my handling of these two "geniusnesses".
You can’t force a person to have respect and consideration for another if they don’t have it. That said, one technique I have used in the past is to remain quiet and listen, maybe a slight nod here and there, don’t smile, no nothing else. Do it long enough and they will eventually ask what you think if they care to know , and they will listen to your opinion.
 
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The way to deal with them is dont deal with them, the paradox acts that you projected will trigger their couriousity will soon resolve the indifference in a men to men way.. No worries this is a part of life learning experience.
 
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