"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.

Seriously, what's the difference between "big energy" and "little energy?"

Thread starter Veréngárda
Start date Oct 20, 2022

Veréngárda

Banned

Oct 20, 2022

Because I can't see it.

If you were to put two people in front of me.. one who is seen as having "big **** energy" and the other as having "little **** energy," to me it all looks like the same behavior.

Just two dumbasses who think they're the ****. Just for some reason people seem to approve of one over the other even though they're both doing the same obnoxious things.

"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.