"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.
Going to Austin next month
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"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
I reccomend the Oasis on lake Travis for scenery and Tex-mex, and Hula Hut on lake Austin (was there a few nights ago) for Hispanic food as far as restaurants go. Great smoked queso over there.
Austin has an enjoyable laid back mindset and atmosphere…
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Hula Hut is a solid pick. Good Tex-Mex, Great happy hour scene. Mozart's for coffee right by there too. Both are on the water and seriously cool.
If you want sushi + scene do Uchi on S Lamar, if you want high end + scene do Wink on N Lamar, if you want cool late night check out Magnolia Cafe or Kerby Lane cafe (late night as in after the clubs close)...do the hike n bike trail, the Dell Diamond for minor league baseball & if you golf there are good courses all over.
E 6th has gotten to be like Burbon St. In NOLA. It is mostly very young people & tourists (maybe you are only 23 I have no idea).
The warehouse district & S. Congress are older & cooler. But the whole area between 2nd & 7th has developed tremendously in the last decade.
If you want to know the best dance clubs ask around at a place like Uchi or Hula Hut. That would be a great conversation starter. More a live music club/bar town than a dance club town. Always been that way.
Grab a copy of the Chronicle or check it out online (the free weekly rag). You'll get all the live music listings there, it's a go to resource.