"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.
fed up.
- Thread starter Warboss Alex
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
I wanted to point out that this is a good point, prosemount, and I wanted to add a little bit to it.
This board was my first "health and fitness" board, and the first board that introduced me to it. Why did I take so long to go actually look at other boards???
Simple, this board is small (H&F, relatively).
I really enjoy the fact that the pages don't cycle faster than you can read because there's a million guys posting. The threads are easy to follow, easy to keep up with, and it's very personable. Having this smallish community makes it very easy to learn, and you can read the threads without being intimidated by a 100 page thread.
It doesn't really take that long to read the entire bulking guide, or cutting guide, and there's a lot of good info in there.
Other posts?? They'll get a GOOD reply on this board in a matter of a day or so, and the "experienced" guys will probably chime in, and that will give people something to go off of.
I haven't seen any extremely long rants or threads on this board that actually went on as discussions for a long time, and for a H&F board, I think this is a great one. Especially when you have people contributing who know what they're doing - regardless of whether they're a fan of high volume or low volume.
Roling your eyes at me...well, semag, *cough* if you haven't realized it yet, most people here don't even know the basics. These links are ocourse directed to those who acually lift weights. If you look at the first page, thats what most people in h+f ask about. The info here is limited. Im not talking about actually hanging out at the bb.com forum. Im talking about reading articles that explains the basics in a very good way. The basics of nutrition, supplyment, training and the understanding of different methods in training. Atleast they'll know the basics from reading the info on the links. After that, forums like elite fitness and many others will be a better choise. But bb.com is a good place for the basics since they have articles on the basics. But you probobly knew that anywayssemag said:*cough* a noob site like that is great for noobs, yes.
Their teen forum knows more than the h+f forum."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.
check_mate_kid_uk
Master Don Juan
check_mate_kid_uk
Master Don Juan
Yeah its just scary all these people saying they wnat to be so huge, and posting all those pics of pro bodybuilders, oh and 1 thing sickens me more then that, have you seen those guys that over do there lats! They got normal arms and chest, but there lats actualy make there upper body look like a large triangle, and i do not mean that in a good way!fireguy said:goals may be different, but methods stay the same
reyalp
Master Don Juan
who's going to kick these noobs asses into shape now?
we need to at least get the mods involved so you can post a "Read this or STFU " sticky. one last piece of wisdom to pass on to the DJs.
"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.
The_Lifter
Don Juan
I haven't seen any particularly advanced information here either.semag said:*cough* a noob site like that is great for noobs, yes.