"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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Punish her after the fact

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My gf of about 9 months was going on about a celebrity. Saying how she'd like to go with him and how she'd tell everyone.

I should have put her in her place there and then but played the no reaction/not letting it phase me card. Know she's trying to get a rise out of me but tough to let it slide (when it's regular) without feeling I'm handing my balls over.

Any ideas for punishment after the fact?
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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El Payaso

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If a little baby threw up while you were carrying her, it would barely get a rise out of you. Look at her as the poor, stupid, ugnorant babies that women are. Don't let them phase you or see you sweat. Laugh to yourself and keep doing whatever it is you were doing.
 

Yewki

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Acting like you don't care by being silent is usually much harder than just playing along and messing with her. Being quiet relies on subtle, non-verbal behavior. Good luck with that. So unless you're an exceptional actor, I wouldn't recommend it. Pretty safe to say she knew it got to you. That's why she kept poking at you about it.

So given that you're not an amazing actor, just f*ck with her next time.

Her: "Channing Tatum is so hawt"
You: "Back off he's mine"
Her: "You're just jealous"
You: "... yeah I can't stand the thought of Channing being with you and not me"
Her: "No I'm serious though"
You: "Maybe you should write him a love letter"
Her: "Maybe I will"
You: "Honestly no offense but I think he'd read the first sentence then rip it up"
 

Fireballs

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Treat it as a normal sh!t test.

A. Ignore

or

B. Agree & Amplify

Choose your battles wisely.
 

"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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