"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 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.
Sexy_Malibu
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I'm so glad that this thread will be able to reach those who REALLY NEED IT.
Thank you Wyldfire for making my dream, a reality.
WesCottII
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You forgot boring.
check_mate_kid_uk
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dam right eternal, i hate people who like to joke about others but can not take a joke aobut themselves.Originally posted by Eternal
Dude, he is ALWAYS 1337!
Oh wait, you area talking about AFK.
*This thread has officially been hijacked by people who can take jokes and don't flip out at one little comment by someone. Please take notes people. We also assure you that everyone that proper protection was used in the sexual acts in the airplane restroom. You can go back to your original reading and whackingness at our screwing.*
WesCottII
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
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How could I have been so negligent? I guess I just figured it was wrapped up in "unfunny", but the oversight has been corrected now. Thank you so much for all of your hard work and vigilance, WesCott. You know I wouldn't be able to do this without you.
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gio cracks me up!
WesCottII
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-Dogmatic
-Small minded
-maggot ****
I can keep 'em coming.
WesCottII
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Yep......i found the problem eternal. Sorry to tell you, you have a check_mate_kid_uk up your arse.
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Hmm... I like "small-minded". I think I'll use that one too.
"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.
WesCottII
Master Don Juan
Possibly because you don't understand the phrase Dogmatic?
Here, Let me help.
Dogmatic:
Characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
Sexy_Malibu
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Giovanni Casanova
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No, I know what dogmatic means, but I think it's sufficiently covered by "hypocritical" "egotistical", and "small minded."
Feel free to keep it coming though. As a moderator I value your feedback very, very, very much.
penkitten
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thats right, cause we are the bestest!!
"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.
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All the jerks get all the girls!!
A "real DJ" is mature. He's not defensive, can take constructive criticism like a man instead of like a boy. He is confident but he doesn't come across as being egotistical...he doesn't NEED to. He doesn't need to make himself look like a better person by insulting and demeaning others.
You, Eternal, are not a "real DJ", not by a long shot.
*editted name...got Eternal's name mixed up with someone from another forum I post on.
yay chicks defining what a Don Juan is.Originally posted by Wyldfire
A "real DJ" is mature. He's not defensive, can take constructive criticism like a man instead of like a boy. He is confident but he doesn't come across as being egotistical...he doesn't NEED to. He doesn't need to make himself look like a better person by insulting and demeaning others.
You, Elemental, are not a "real DJ", not by a long shot.
Whats next for this site I wonder...
"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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