"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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How strict is your state about masks?

Asseater

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Our Governor (a Democrat) is talking about enforcing a mandate, but so far, there isn't one. The only thing a business can do (if they ask you to wear one and you don't) is have you arrested for "trespassing."



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Yes, on the entrance doors. Most have the words "mandatory" but some use the word "encouraged." Oddly enough though, over 90% will say nothing if you walk in without one. 90% of the customers conform. 95% of the employees conform. Over half that I've asked don't like wearing one. I don't wear one. And I hope that others seeing me being served without a mask will think twice about



I keep waiting for this to happen, but so far it hasn't. I've already got my line prepared ... which is... "I can understand putting on a Santa uniform for children at Christmas because they are.. ya know... young and impressionable. I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be asked to coddle adults in the same manner. You are an adult of sound mind.... right?"
Don't let your need to make a witty quip ruin the day of some grocery store employee enforcing a rule their boss is making them. I can guarantee you I don't give a **** about masks but would enforce any rules my boss made me to be able to pay rent.
 

"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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Seeing no masks a lot in gas stations now.
 

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Don't let your need to make a witty quip ruin the day of some grocery store employee enforcing a rule their boss is making them. I can guarantee you I don't give a **** about masks but would enforce any rules my boss made me to be able to pay rent.
I'm on the same page as you 100%. My flippancy would only be directed to smarmy behaved business owners.
 

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I think that is not hard to wear masks just for a couple of.. years? even if it will be a couple of years, it helps.
 

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I stopped going to Walmart, because they're being mask nazis. I started going to other places where almost all of the customers wear masks, but where the employees don't try to enforce a mask policy.

Still, if I'm asked to wear one, I will put one on, but only if I'm asked by an employee. They don't get paid enough to get fuucked with by customers.

The way I figure it, if everyone would only put on a mask when directly asked, this nonsense would disappear overnight. The solution isn't to be a diick to minimum wage employees who are just doing what they're told. The problem is that too many people comply without even being asked.
Circle K gas station not far from me. Circle K is the place to go if u don’t like masks
 

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"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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I personally relate this pointless argument to a valuable lesson learned firsthand in the military:
Told tear gas bad for you-wore a mask
Told Covid bad for you-wearing a mask
 

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There's already talk from one side of the aisle about implementing a national face mask mandate.....
 

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There's already talk from one side of the aisle about implementing a national face mask mandate.....
Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures…
We’re not in Kansas anymore Toto
 

"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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zekko

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I think we'll be wearing masks the rest of our lives, Covid or no Covid.
From here it's just a small hop to protecting everyone from the flu and every other communicable disease.
 

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I think we'll be wearing masks the rest of our lives, Covid or no Covid.
From here it's just a small hop to protecting everyone from the flu and every other communicable disease.
I will not. I will move to where no one else is either. If that requires leaving the U.S., all the better.
 

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I personally relate this pointless argument to a valuable lesson learned firsthand in the military:
Told tear gas bad for you-wore a mask
Told Covid bad for you-wearing a mask
That's your argument? Blindly follow orders.
 

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That's your argument? Blindly follow orders.
My argument is there is no argument to be made when people who know more about a serious health issue than I do advise me to do what’s best for myself, and others.
High death risk category-Wear a mask for myself and others
Low death risk category-Respectfully and unselfishly wear a mask for others

A vaccine and other meds Will be coming, this isn’t a lifelong inconvenience …
 

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My argument is there is no argument to be made when people who know more about a serious health issue than I do advise me to do what’s best for myself, and others.
High death risk category-Wear a mask for myself and others
Low death risk category-Respectfully and unselfishly wear a mask for others

A vaccine and other meds Will be coming, this isn’t a lifelong inconvenience …
Blindly follow orders
Got it
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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One thing I've been seeing more of lately is people will be wearing masks but they'll have it pulled down under their nose, so they can breathe better I imagine. This seems especially common among females and employees. The employees have to wear them all day so no surprise there.

That probably isn't that bad of a practice if you think about it. I've always thought the main purpose most masks served was that it kept you from spitting on the other person if you talked to them. That's still the case even if they have their nose out.
 

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My argument is there is no argument to be made when people who know more about a serious health issue than I do advise me to do what’s best for myself, and others.
High death risk category-Wear a mask for myself and others
Low death risk category-Respectfully and unselfishly wear a mask for others

A vaccine and other meds Will be coming, this isn’t a lifelong inconvenience …
I have an avg immune system and avg genetics. There's nothing special about my wiring. In fact, because I smoke two packs a day and eat processed foods and in my mid 50's, I'm probably considered a "higher risk" .. but guess what?

I'm around 50 new people per day (six days a week) and 98% of the time no mask... and no problems here.

The only argument left "oh, I'm being selfish because I might be a carrier of covid."
The good news is ... if you have an avg immune system and no preexisting health problems... I suspect that you'll be just fine like me. And for those that do have a compromised immune system or are over 60 etc... why would they willingly go out and potentially subject themselves? It's their choice to do so of course, but the fault doesn't lie on me. It's on them.
 

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I have an avg immune system and avg genetics. There's nothing special about my wiring. In fact, because I smoke two packs a day and eat processed foods and in my mid 50's, I'm probably considered a "higher risk" .. but guess what?

I'm around 50 new people per day (six days a week) and 98% of the time no mask... and no problems here.

The only argument left "oh, I'm being selfish because I might be a carrier of covid."
The good news is ... if you have an avg immune system and no preexisting health problems... I suspect that you'll be just fine like me. And for those that do have a compromised immune system or are over 60 etc... why would they willingly go out and potentially subject themselves? It's their choice to do so of course, but the fault doesn't lie on me. It's on them.
You are definitely high risk and you’ve been lucky.

Problem with the US is a lot of people have this reckless attitude and assume they are fine simply because the virus hasn’t yet overwhelmed their area with community spread. We saw this with all the ****y dumbass governors in Florida, Texas, and Georgia. If you didn’t get this virus yet, odds are it’s just luck.

I work in an office where close to 50% of the employees had it March-April. We had relatives of my coworkers die from COVID-19. I tested twice negative for antibodies. I started working from home two weeks before they did. Don’t buy into the asymptomatic bullshvt. Odds are you didn’t have it.
 

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MY state, a rich state, has signs everywhere and if the business/place is matriarchal then I'll get lip-service and turned away for not wearing a mask. If the place is patriarchal then they'll turn the other cheek and grin n' nod. I'm finding that the Rich, you know, those on golf courses/country clubs etc are the MOST duped by this whole charade, because it PAYS to be Politically Correct. That's how they got their money in the first place, by Obeying this sinister Religion established a few decades ago, now in full force. The rich are cowards and sickening traitors and turncoats, untrustworthy, stupid, and would sell their children (souls) for a buck. Sure I find a couple who wink n' nod and discuss suspicion that we all know deep down is wholly warranted, given the abject lack of morality in our country/world today. Highway theft, graft...Swindling is at an all-time High. The masses are so easily duped. It's sad.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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