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dont run to her to sort it out... be aloof & indifferent. wait till she contacts you.
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.
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.
What does "a man takes what he wants" have to do with friendship?LinkinParkROX said:What about "a man takes what he wants"? In all honesty, I do miss her a little bit. I'm such an RAFC lol.
Kal0051 said:I do believe he likes this girl, even if he doesn't realize it. He reminds me a bit of me before I realized my "best female friend" was really more than a friend. The sooner he comes to that realization the simpler his life will be.
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.
+1. you have mad oneitisKal0051 said:I do believe he likes this girl, even if he doesn't realize it. He reminds me a bit of me before I realized my "best female friend" was really more than a friend. The sooner he comes to that realization the simpler his life will be.