"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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Piecing It Together

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I decided to take a small break from lifting and today is 2 weeks since my last workout. I care for my Mom where I have to lift her which is dead weight of 140lbs.

Well yesterday one of the nurses that stopped by asked if I still worked out and I told him I have been taking a break the pass 2 weeks he responded and said it looks like you just been lifting recently as I look cut.

I am 6-3 235 been doing the big 3 for 3 years now and never felt I was cut until he mentioned this.

Now trying to piece it together I also wasn't getting the protein per body weight I had been consuming and actually felt I lost some size but the scale was the same but when I look in the mirror I don't see cut but I still see the bulk.

Is this normal to not see yourself as others might see you and surely is it possible to look cut when you've not even been doing high reps sets?

Thanks for any insight or similar experiences.

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"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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OK now that you got that out of your system Kerpal I realize what I wrote was actually way off but I should have wrote not eating like a pig the last 2 weeks and not consuming the body weight protein grams would this give a bulk body a cut look without working out?

Just trying to figure out what this nurse saw is all when he said I look cut when all I see in the mirror is bulk.

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Kerpal said:
 

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Just trying to figure out what this nurse saw is all when he said I look cut
Who knows? Unless you ask him directly there's no way you will ever find out. After all, it's his opinion that you looked 'cut'. Another person might say you looked bulky.
Maybe he just fancies you? lol :eek:
 

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He's hitting on you, mate.
 

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Do ya really think he's hitting on me :nono: lol! I'll pass but thanks men for the info anyway.

I resumed my workout last evening and surprisingly after two weeks I didn't loose any strength actually I felt like a bull going at it felt good to get back after a small break and feel great this morning not bad for an old man.

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"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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Do ya really think he's hitting on me :nono: lol! I'll pass but thanks men for the info anyway.

I resumed my workout last evening and surprisingly after two weeks I didn't loose any strength actually I felt like a bull going at it felt good to get back after a small break and feel great this morning not bad for an old man.

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To be honest, only criticisms/opinions I'd take with seriousness are those who regularly are in your gym/train seriously as for the majority of the public...they know jack ****!:rock:
 

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Good point CarlitosWay..

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CarlitosWay said:
To be honest, only criticisms/opinions I'd take with seriousness are those who regularly are in your gym/train seriously as for the majority of the public...they know jack ****!:rock:
 
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