MatureDJ
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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.
Do you think this short man should accept this offer of being "friends"?
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"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
redskinsfan92
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I would tell her I would gladly be friends with benefits.
Who Dares Win
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"dont give up, you're not gonna make some woman happy one day, she is out there"
I'm sure it was a patronizing, superficial, paternalistic line like that one to give those incel spree killers the last push they needed.
When they say a man that they have no attraction for him, its not the best news in the world but we can deal with that...
On the other side the lets just be friends line or some lines like that one above, basically tells a man that he is not even a man...more like a puppy or a toy.
I've been told countless time that I'm an assh0le and that they hope I die, zero fvck given actually...but some line like that would really strike me hard.
I'm sure it was a patronizing, superficial, paternalistic line like that one to give those incel spree killers the last push they needed.
When they say a man that they have no attraction for him, its not the best news in the world but we can deal with that...
On the other side the lets just be friends line or some lines like that one above, basically tells a man that he is not even a man...more like a puppy or a toy.
I've been told countless time that I'm an assh0le and that they hope I die, zero fvck given actually...but some line like that would really strike me hard.
Serenity
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I'd do what I've done before when faced with that, told her to fvck right off.