"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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How to handle getting broken up with.

Chickfight

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So I'm 90% sure I'm about to get broken up with (which is weird cause she's not even my "official" girlfriend, we just hang out and hook up). I got a text saying "Can we call some time? I need to talk to you about something".
I'm viewing this as a positive thing, cause I can be ready for it.

I'm thinking I'll just act like I always do and not get pulled into her serious frame, maybe crack a joke or make a flirty comment like I have no idea what she's about to do. Then when she gives her speech I'll just reply with an indifferent "ok" and end the convo soon after. If she says "I'm sorry" or some sh!t like that I'll throw her a "don't be".

I really just want to come out with this with my head held high, and make her regret her decision.

Any advice?
 

"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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Diaforetikos

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I remember when my girl tried to break up with me... hahahaha. I turned the tables so quick.

I was in control the whole time. I didn't get mad, just verbally aggressive. You could say I attacked her, but to her, I justified her reasoning for trying to break up with me, and the reasoning made her look bad.

Not only did I out wit her break up, but I took it like a man. She got so pissed off that she kicked me out her car. I laughed in her face as she did it. She looked like a fool.

The next morning she texted me saying that we didn't have stop seeing each other, but to just to slow it down, to which I said, I don't care.

Were still together.


... Man, I ripped her a new doodie hole. It felt so good.



I realized that I didn't actually give you any advice, but there isn't really any to give seeing as how she might not even be breaking up with you. Just be cool and remember that if she is, take it as a loss. There are other (better) women out there.

Don't stress it. Its not worth it.
 

BlackJackal

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You can break up with her, before she does it to you.
 

LoneWolf

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it would be funny if you broke up with her and all she wanted to say was she loved you and wanted to spend the rest of her life with you. then what you gonna say? "oh... umm... sh1t."
 

"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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