"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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Cold shoulder from GF

JimmyBizzle

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So how would you deal with getting a cold shoulder and a freeze out from your girlfriend? She's obviously pissed or upset about something and when you ask her if anything's wrong she says nothing. But she only does it to you and not her roommates or friends.

I've come upon this several times in my relationship and I just want some opinions on how to handle it to see if I'm dealing with it correctly.
 

"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.

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KontrollerX

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Its a bullsh!t passive aggressive tactic.

I think Desdinova had a good sig quote once for your situation that went something like...

"Trying to reward a woman for bad behavior is like praising your dog for
sh!tting on the carpet".

So if you want to know how to handle it right here is what you do...

Nothing.

If she wants to communicate and express her feelings like an adult rather than a child with the silent treatment you are listening.

Otherwise let her pout until she goes blue in the face.

Apologizing will only make it worse and even if you think you owe her one she's certainly not acting like she deserves it with this lame childish behavior.

She needs to grow up already.
 

JimmyBizzle

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THANK YOU

That is exactly what I've been doing. The second I asked her what was wrong and she said "nothing" I've been acting like that's exactly the case. I'm just ignoring her trying to get under my skin cause it will not work. And I thinks she's coming around. We'll see.
 
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