"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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painful oneitis

Blue Phoenix

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Originally posted by Adrian
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It's gonna hurt buddy. LISTEN TO ME. I've been in your shoes before and I NEVER want to expirience that again. You contracted a serious case of oneitis. She's not going to leave your mind until you find another girl thats almost like her or better. It's going to take a LONG time for you to get over her. Just keep away from her and move on with yourself. When she does something wrong and it hurts you that pain is going to stay with you for a LONG time. ALWAYS stay busy and do something that would take your mind off from her. Go on improving yourself as a person. Do anything. Even take a vacation. Go somewhere FAR FAR AWAY. You're gonna need it man. Otherwise after she cuts you out of her life then you're going to be nothing more than a depressed and bitter soul for some time to come. Hopefully I didn't waste my time writing this and you follow what I told you to do. You're in a downward spiral of madness and you're just going to follow what your feelings tell you to do which in turn is going to get you hurt. Anyways..... Do what you have to do.
That's so true! The only way to heal is to break all contact until your oneits is gone. Sometimes I've spent almost a year trying to forget a oneits.

Again, time and total distance from her, that's what you need.

Phoenix
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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