onemorerobot
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My girlfriend dumped me two days ago. Her bithday is on the fourteenth. Would it be inappropriate if I got her a gift?
"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
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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.
BacardiGuy
Senior Don Juan
She dumped you, forget her. If you so much as text her "happy birthday" consider your man card revoked.
onemorerobot
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This doesn't really have anything to do with oneitis. We both agreed that we'd stay friends.
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
WC2
Master Don Juan
You're questioning us on what your own morals are. Do what you feel is right. While wishing her a happy birthday might feel humiliating, avoiding the whole ordeal will only reveal the reason behind it. Think about it.
Coolguy123
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She's the one that dumped you. No need to wish her a happy birthday.
Dude,
If you guys talked about things and you decided to stay friends, then the polite and normal thing to do is to simply get her a card and wish her happy birthday, in the same way you would do to any of your friends.
She isn't your arch enemy! She was your gf one day, and it sounds like it wasnt a bad breakup since you have decided to stay friends.
Infact, you should be glad that she has decided to break up with you rather than cheat on you.
So be a man, and very casually just wish her happy birthday and show her that you are a strong ALPHA MALE and it will take a lot more than a girl dumping you to bring you down!
If you guys talked about things and you decided to stay friends, then the polite and normal thing to do is to simply get her a card and wish her happy birthday, in the same way you would do to any of your friends.
She isn't your arch enemy! She was your gf one day, and it sounds like it wasnt a bad breakup since you have decided to stay friends.
Infact, you should be glad that she has decided to break up with you rather than cheat on you.
So be a man, and very casually just wish her happy birthday and show her that you are a strong ALPHA MALE and it will take a lot more than a girl dumping you to bring you down!
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
Why are you considering this? Do you regularly give birthday gifts to all of your friends?onemorerobot said:My girlfriend dumped me two days ago. Her bithday is on the fourteenth. Would it be inappropriate if I got her a gift?
Give her nothing more than a birthday card, or face the wrath of the sosuave forums :trouble:. lolonemorerobot said:My girlfriend dumped me two days ago. Her bithday is on the fourteenth. Would it be inappropriate if I got her a gift?
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.