"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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Got ditched on New Years

wheelin&dealin

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Nobody here can judge the situation between you two. If she did something that is unforgivable, drop her. If not, keep her. You're asking this forum advice on something that is impossible to analyze.
 

"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.

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DJDamage

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Well she got back to me... texted me while I was at the gym.

"I will definately make it up to you. You'll find out when I am home again.

Thank you for choosing to spend time with me. You know I always love spending time with you.

Off to bed. Goodnight."

A woman who has a high interest in a man would call him up immediatly to clear the air up and not send text messages and wait for the next day. You need to face the facts that you are not on her priority list, you are a peg down below her girlfriend (if that wasn't a lie and she wasn't seeing another guy that night - wouldn't the right thing to do was at least invite you too??!! she choose on the first day of the year to spend it with someone other then you,) I hope you are at least planning on spinning more plates because this one you should consider spining out like a freezbee through an open window.
 
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