Francisco d'Anconia
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You forgot "Rinse, Repeat..."penkitten said:
"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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"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.
Maxtro
Master Don Juan
"Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy" - Dr. Robert Kelso (Scrubs)
“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
T-Roy
Don Juan
"Don't wait, act"- Quote by every good Don Juan out there.
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, in one handsome and well-preserved piece. You should slide broadside across that finish line, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, and shouting, "Geronimo!"
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"Those who live by the sword, get shot by those who don't."
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Love that... I was gonna post that exact same thingCr1msonKing said:
but great minds think alike eh "She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Serialized3
Master Don Juan
I love being in my 20s in 2007 where this no longer applies.KarmaSutra said:
Serialized3
Master Don Juan
Mine:
"I want a truth for which I can live and die"
--Søren Kierkegaard
"I want a truth for which I can live and die"
--Søren Kierkegaard
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
KarmaSutra
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Which explains why you're content being her girlfriend.Serialized3 said:
Serialized3
Master Don Juan
Yeah, a girlfriend that gets to fuck her no strings attached.KarmaSutra said:
Serialized3
Master Don Juan
Because anymore, girls in their late teens/early 20s (particularly college girls) often just want to have no-strings-attached sex, most often with male friends that they feel comfortable around (like me).DonJuan11 said:
"Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer."
"Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer."
"Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help"
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Serialized3 said:
Be quite certain that your "girlfriend" is having other guys clutter up her butter gutter without any strings.
How do those fellas' nutbutter taste by proxy? You'll probably come back with some nonsense about that not being true or that you don't go down on her or some other such rubbish but the fact is you're ingesting whatever guy was behind you in stabbing this cvm receptacle.
Hope he didn't eat asparagus :nono: .
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.