"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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Purposely delays dating intervals

ThisNThat

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I have a female friend that said when she went out on a a date with a guy, a walk around the park. I think it was on a Friday night. At the end of that date, he asked her if she wanted to do Sunday brunch with.

Now, even though she had time and nothing else better to do that weekend, she purposely refused to do it on Sunday, because she thought it was "too soon" between the first date (Friday) and Sunday.

I was like "Huh? Why?!" She said she likes to give dating intervals some time between dates because otherwise it's moving too fast (for her.)

I rolled my eyes, and said, "Cripes, no wonder you're still single. lol" (She's in her 50s, never married, no kids).
 

"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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sazc

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agreed. she has some issues.

She has a man who enjoys her company enough to try and set a second date bfore the first ends. Furthermore, he really enjoys her company so much that he wants to see her in a matter of days. And she says no? She's lost men because, during that prescribed dating interval down time, these fellas are finding, pursuing and bedding other options who value a mans interest.

Ask her if she wants a cat for her birthday :)
 

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I have a female friend that said when she went out on a a date with a guy, a walk around the park. I think it was on a Friday night. At the end of that date, he asked her if she wanted to do Sunday brunch with.

Now, even though she had time and nothing else better to do that weekend, she purposely refused to do it on Sunday, because she thought it was "too soon" between the first date (Friday) and Sunday.

I was like "Huh? Why?!" She said she likes to give dating intervals some time between dates because otherwise it's moving too fast (for her.)

I rolled my eyes, and said, "Cripes, no wonder you're still single. lol" (She's in her 50s, never married, no kids).
A guy who is spinning plates and has options will see this as lack of interest and next her.

Tell her to quit playing stupid games. You coined it perfectly "no wonder you are still single."
 
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