daddymonsterpoodle
Master Don Juan
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Have a life...
"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
How do you guys deal with loneliness?
- Thread starter jebach123
- Start date
"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.
resilient
Master Don Juan
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I agree with what PK said earlier, if you take the time to pursue passions, hobbies, plates, whatever.... you won't have time to sit at home wondering what the hell you should be doing with all your free time. Be about something. Volunteer. Support a cause. Visit family, call a friend or two. Hang out at a sports bar watching your favorite sport. Mine's American football, so I get together with my buddies and bust on them for kicking their @sses in our fantasy football league.
PeasantPlayer
Master Don Juan
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Man I miss reading fiction books, must continue
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
marmel75
Master Don Juan
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Why do you need someone else to have a fulfilling life? You can be alone without being lonely.
The problem is you equate your self worth and happiness with other's validation and acceptance rather than it coming from within.
The problem is you equate your self worth and happiness with other's validation and acceptance rather than it coming from within.