Poem on Valentine's day?

"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.

CyranoDeBergerac

Master Don Juan

Apr 7, 2004

You know, I'm glad to hear that you're doing fine. Furthermore, I want to thank you for inspiring me just now with my own DJ variation of a Robert Frost Classic

The prize is the prize,
And was always the prize,
But some theories now rise,
That the Jerk is the prize,
Or the sensitive guys,
"They're the prize in disguise!"
But a word to the wise,
If you'd get in them thighs;
Only you are the prize,
And were always the prize.

Eh, its a work in progress.

-CyranoDeBergerac

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.