"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.

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FR at School: What did I do wrong here?

ElStud

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This basically identical to the FR I posted in the High School Forum but no one was replying there. This FR will also not contain the first approach because I'm not really concerned with that one. The thing I'm most concerned with is the first one where something weird happened, she acted all interested, then turned her back to me.

So I was at lunch and I approached this one girl.
Me: Hey! So I know you’re excited for the football game tonight!
Girl: Yeah, I am.
Me: What I can’t hear you speak up.
Girl: Oh I said yeah I am.
Me: So let’s say theoretically you see me at the football game, I want you to say “Hey Mike!” to me.
Girl: I’ll definitely do that!
Me: So you will?
Girl: Yeah! Let’s pinky square on it!
[She puts her pinky out]
Me: What’s pinky squaring?
[I put my pinky and cross it with hers]
Girl: Cool.
Me: Yeah, I do band.
Girl: Really? What do you play?
Me: Saxophone. Yeah, I might say something to you if I see you but I might be too busy.
Girl: Cool.
Me: Well what classes do you have though?
[And she starts ignoring me despite being all interested before, while I talk]
Me: Well, I’ll see you at the game.
Girl: Definitely!
Game is tonight so some advice before then would be good. Whether she REALLY does it or not will really show whether she was just interested or playing.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Magma

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Hmmm. My initial impression is that the problem occurred when you transitioned from "pinky swearing" (I won't even get into that, but decent job of making fun of it) to saying "I do band." You may have wanted to try and eject after the pinky thing with a false time constraint and a bit more kino.

Example: "Hey, I gotta run (as you touch her arm or shoulder). Give me a shout at the game, alright?" (keeping in mind good, solid eye contact and a delivery with confidence)

When you just blurt out, "I do band," what that tells me is that you're trying to qualify yourself to her. We don't need to be doing that. That right there MAY have turned her off. I don't know, I wasn't there. Good luck sir.
 

ToughLove

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dont ask questions such as "whats pinky swearing?" it makes u look stupid

also why dont u get to know her A LITTLE at least before assumping rapport

name, age, where shes from, if shes single, how old she is
 
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