"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Being introduced to her friends....
- Thread starter Soprano
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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.
GlennCoCo
Don Juan
Just be friendly. Introduce yourself and game the friend in a more subtle non-flirty way. Have fun with them also.
I disagree, if your girl is attracted to you she won't give a **** what her friends think. It might help a bit but don't try to view it as make-or-break.GlennCoCo said:Meeting and impressing best friend(s) of the girl will make you or break you. The girl will drop you like a fat **** if her friends say, "he's weird" or "he's kinda creepy".
GlennCoCo said:Meeting and impressing best friend(s) of the girl will make you or break you. The girl will drop you like a fat **** if her friends say, "he's weird" or "he's kinda creepy".
Just be friendly. Introduce yourself and game the friend in a more subtle non-flirty way. Have fun with them also.
true works both ways aswell there was a girl i was really into and she was the same i kept talking about her to a friend.
then we saw her and i was talking o her my friend mutters that she seems weird and she aint all that i basically cut it dead.
only to find out that this friend done this with every girl i ever met basically he was a hater.
"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.
You're a chick?londonzen said:true works both ways aswell there was a girl i was really into and she was the same i kept talking about her to a friend.
then we saw her and i was talking o her my friend mutters that she seems weird and she aint all that i basically cut it dead.
only to find out that this friend done this with every girl i ever met basically he was a hater.
You're sure acting like one. Letting your friends make your decisions for you... ugh.londonzen said:nope
bukowski_merit
Master Don Juan
On top of that, im typically stand-offish and a d!ckhead when they try to talk to me...
i don't think it hurts my game with them... this girl just told me yesturday that her sister always talks sh!t about me being a loser, ugly, womanizer, and how she's disappointed in her for falling for my "games"... blah blah... i said, "i don't date your s!utty sister so she doesn't have to like me."... then we fvcked!
"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.