Confronting her stalling...

"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.

MaddXMan

Senior Don Juan

Sep 6, 2005

Originally posted by joekerr31
stick to your guns dude. move on and forget her.

and you are probably right, she probably will end up calling a few more times.

At which point maybe you take her out and bang her and forget about her for good after that.

nothing pisses off a chic more than when they kill themselves to get your interest, you bang them, then forget them.

that will teach her a lesson.

but regardless, you can't count on her calling you. so mentally move on from her.

J

Done.

"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.