"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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How to gauge if a girl wants to hook up?

green69

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Okay so I met up with a girl online a few nights ago, date went well we had a lot of drinks and made out a little bit. I'm looking for dating/having fun, she has said the same, but I'm not sure how quickly to move things. I'm tempted to invite her over to "watch a movie" but at the same time I don't want her to think I'm just after sex and kill any later opportunity. Should I do one more fun "date" and then maybe next time bring her back or do I go for it right away?
 

"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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MisterD

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i agree with espi

and "having fun" is the universal term for "i just want to bang"

if you both agreed you're just looking to "have fun" i would assume she's down

you don't lose anything by going for it. there's always more girls out there
 

green69

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I didn't mean to extrapolate by saying she was just "looking for fun"...what she actually said was she doesn't have any predetermined expectations, and another time mentioned she isn't necessarily looking for a relationship. So yeah, that could definitely be taken as she is just looking for to go out, have fun, casually date and then maybe if something develops a relationship can start.

That's exactly what I'm looking for as well to be honest. I wouldn't rule out a relationship either but I wanna hook up and have fun first and see what happens instead of dating with the sole purpose of trying to form a relationship. Honestly the past few months is the first time in my life I've had this mindset...before I try to appease them with traditional dating format with intention of trying to get a relationship (then hopefully sex) instead of just having fun, doing whatever I want, and worrying about semantics later.

I have a suspicion she's on the same track also, so I'll invite her over and hopefully things work out.
 
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