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.
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.
Quite possibly the lamest question I've read all week.Originally posted by NHzJOKER
NEED HELP TEASEING A FRIEND
Well if it's not a question and he actually needs help teasing then I'm not jumping on a plane to Arizona to help him.Originally posted by Keeper
Hmm... didn't even notice it was a qestion.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
You can't tease a female friend unless she's attracted to you. The only way you can make her attracted to you is to be your best around her at all times. You need to look your best, dress your best, don't act goofy or silly, and make sure you smell your best.Originally posted by NHzJOKER NEED HELP TEASEING A FRIEND
No the RATE MY HOTTNESS thread in the HS forum topped this one. lol.Originally posted by G-Man UK
Quite possibly the lamest question I've read all week.