"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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Otezla Commercial

zekko

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Ever see this Otezla commercial? I see it quite often. It catches my attention because it gets me wondering:
First off, he's on a first date with a girl he met through OLD. They watch a movie together so they don't even get a chance to talk. Terrible choice for a first date. At the end he gets a hug, doesn't even go for a kiss.

I'm trying to figure out if the old lady is real or if she is supposed to be some sort of metaphor for his psoriasis. And if she is real, what the heck is she doing with him?

Kind of a cool frozen 3D effect in the theater, although it's nothing new.

 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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I have no idea if this is supposed to be a drug commercial or some parody that is supposed to be selling something else. Oh, and why isn't Tether mentioned; I had always thought that Psoriasis always goes with Tether.
 

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I have no idea if this is supposed to be a drug commercial or some parody that is supposed to be selling something else.
No, this is a real commercial. Otezla has had a series of them. Some of them have featured some real hotties IMO. There were a few redheads... I like watching them to see if I can spot where the red, dry patches are on the people. It's like a game of Where's Waldo.
 

"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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