Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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girl i just want to be friends with benifits

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Theres this girl that really likes me, and I like her too, but she's really not my type. She's pretty cool and all I want from this is a good friendship with benefits. This is kind of hard to do though since I met her through my other friends that go to school(college) with her and she hangs out with them too. Now if it was any other girl I would hit it and quit it, but I can't do this with this one since I would see her again cuz she likes to hang out with my other friends. She's already kissed me and she's also bought clothes for my daughter which was kind of crazy... I'm not looking for a LTR, and it seems like she is, how can I go about showing her I just want to be her friend with benefits?
 

"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.

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DarkShade

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Make it well known you aren't interested in an LTR. If she's still hanging around after that, giving you kino, she may understand.

Or you could just be completely honest and tell her your thoughts. I highly doubt she'd cut off a friendship because of that.
 

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Just be honest with her. Tell her what you want. No, not you wanna put your beef in her taco! Say you would rather just be friends with benefits.
 

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You can't have your cake and eat it as well (well, most the time). You want her to still be friends with you but you want to use her just for sex? Most of the times this doesn't really work. When men have Fbuddies, they aren't usually "friends" with them. It's more like they are leading them on to think that if they keep the sex up, there will be something down the road (which is of course false).

If you don't want to hurt this girl, then there's really no hope for benefits. It's black and white here. You need to decide whether you care if this girl is hurt or not.
 

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i wouldnt tell her that you just want to be friends with benefits. It'll make her look like a slut/easy. So she'll just deny you. You have to make it known through your actions.

First you guys have to keep hooking up, but be distant and don't try to get too close. Don't always call her, sometimes (like on the weekends) just do your own thing. And then on Sunday invite her over. By you being very indenpendent, she'll get the clue that your not a relationship kind of guy, yet she's still attracted to you.

However (depending on the girl) "a friends with benefits" cannot last forever. At one point she'll bring up the dreaded talk, "so what are we?" You just gotta reinforce her that you guys get a long great and that you would never wanna lose her. Unfortunately she'll be forced to make an ultimatum, commit or walk away. Things will end between you guys, but thats when you go out sarging again and find a new one :D
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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