"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.
Boy asks girl for number, is talked to condescendingly
- Thread starter Darth
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"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.
ChalengeGuyFan
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Someone give the man a beer! Nicely played!
A comment there:
"You, sir, are a king among people with a ballsack" :crackup:
A comment there:
"You, sir, are a king among people with a ballsack" :crackup:
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perseverance
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Fair play to him.
If you don't ask, you don't get.
If you don't ask, you don't get.
"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.
Mantis Toboggan
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perseverance said:Fair play to him.
If you don't ask, you don't get.
double true.
Yeah. Bold move. I know part of the approah anxiety guys have is fear of being rejected in public.
That's why I live by the phrase "fortune favors the bold".
When you ask a girl for her number, you have a 50/50 shot of getting it. Either you get it, or you don't, which makes no difference because you didn't have it to begin with. You gotta play those odds
That's why I live by the phrase "fortune favors the bold".
When you ask a girl for her number, you have a 50/50 shot of getting it. Either you get it, or you don't, which makes no difference because you didn't have it to begin with. You gotta play those odds
SharinganUser
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What are you talking about OP? They never talked down to him.