"Blank Mind on Dates? She's Dropping Hints You Keep Missing"
The plates get cleared and the silence lands like a brick. You can feel her waiting. Your brain offers up your commute, your job, the weather — topics that have ended more second dates than bad breath.
Here's what most guys never learn: women hand out free conversational material all night long. Tiny clues about what they actually want to discuss. Catch them and you never run out of things to say — because she's telling you what to say next.
Rule 4 of the "22 Rules" trains your ear to catch every single one.
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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.
I never said it was cool to not have guy friends, I just don't see why it would be a problem.Originally posted by NoBull
Fatality,
Just admit you have problems creating strong friendships with guys instead of coming up with reasons that it's cool not to have guy friends.
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
I don't think i have a problem at all. If I had a problem I would really want to have many guy friends but I really don't care about having guy friends. When i was with my guy friends in high school it alwyas turned into a competition but then I realized that I was better off by myself. I'm just a loner and I don't need a guy friend to hold my hand when I go out.
joecollapoppa
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You gotta have guy friends, simply beacuse they're cool to hang out with and you can be more yourself. Im usually the ring leader in a group of guy friends. We make fun of girls sometimes and its fun. You get more social proof to the girls the more guy friends you have. If you hang around too many girls, you might be percieved as some type of pretty boy. Yall can swap stories about failed missions with girls and laugh. Play sports. Etc. I hang out with groups of women too but its like I can't be as raw as I wanna without offending. LOL
"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.
i would suggest trying to find people who have the same passions as u do. untill u find people like that its cool to be a loner. the point is that you need to be secure with yourself if u have friends or not. than if u want friends u wont seem desperate and the type of people u want to hang out with will respect u more.
if u won't even consider having male friends thats ok too. it helps to have male friends and its not essential.