"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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Staying friends with your ex

roman

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What are you guys' feelings on staying friends with your ex GF? Good idea or bad idea?

The reason I ask is because I broke up with my GF this week. We had been going out for almost 11 months. Now there's talk of staying friends.

Here's the thing. I know I shouldn't be dating this girl because of her emotional baggage and intimacy issues, which is why I broke up with her in the first place, but there's still great sexual chemistry. The last time we broke up, we decided to hang out again as "just friends" and ended up hooking up and getting right back together.

For me it would be ideal to become friends with benefits, but that would be difficult to pull off considering the recency of our breakup and the fact that I was the one who broke up with her. Any thoughts on staying friends with the ex?

Roman
 

“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.

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Slick101

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Stay friends with eX...

Its actually the best thing you can do if your in good terms with her...

Youll have preselection...
Pivot...
Shell introduce you to other girls...


She might even cook for you...

DO IT! Dont let this slide!
 

smooth guy

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I'd say it depends on the situation. Sometimes no way in hell you can be friends with an ex, so why force it? You can't choose your relatives, but you can choose your friends.
 

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The good part is, that until she finds another boyfriend, you're gonna be the guy she comes to for sex.

The bad part is, that when she finds another boyfriend, you're gonna be stuck jacking off because you're still caught up with your ex.

They're ex's for a reason. Leave it at that. Continue to mess around with her whenever you need to get your rocks off, but DO NOT stop gaming other women.
 

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roman said:
What are you guys' feelings on staying friends with your ex GF? Good idea or bad idea?

The reason I ask is because I broke up with my GF this week. We had been going out for almost 11 months. Now there's talk of staying friends.

Here's the thing. I know I shouldn't be dating this girl because of her emotional baggage and intimacy issues, which is why I broke up with her in the first place, but there's still great sexual chemistry. The last time we broke up, we decided to hang out again as "just friends" and ended up hooking up and getting right back together.

For me it would be ideal to become friends with benefits, but that would be difficult to pull off considering the recency of our breakup and the fact that I was the one who broke up with her. Any thoughts on staying friends with the ex?

Roman
For her it would also be ideal to become friends with benefits. That's the way chicks handle this type of stuff. They rather sleep with somebody they are already comfortable with, ideally an ex boyrfiend, than getting to bed with somebody new. It is a confort thing.

Just be prepared for her to end things when she finally finds somebody she want's to settle down with. You need to be prepared to let her go if and when needed. You can be true, real friends, if there is no sex going on at all, and only if that remains for months/years after you break up. Otherwise, you will need to cut off contact as soon as one of you settles down with somebody new.
 

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Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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Juan_Man

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It's only a good idea to be friends with an ex if you know that you have other options for dating and/or relationships with other girls. If not, then it's better to cease and desist all contact with her.
 

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If you do the breaking up or both of you simply grow apart and mutually agree to break up then its acceptable to be friends if the girl asks.

Accepting friendship from some chick that got rid of you is nothing but a slow death of dignity and a disingenuous form of apology for her to even ask.

For your specific situation it looks like she's trying to slowly lure you back into the relationship with sex.

Don't give in but feel free to take the sex that she offers and just keep hunting for other chicks in the meantime.

Once you have secured a new source of sex scale it back to regular sexless friendship with your former love.
 

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Being friends with an ex could be hard. Depending on how much you liked each other. There will still be old feelings, memories, and sexual tension. Picutre seeing your girlfriend quite often with the kissing, cuddling, sex.. Then, going from that to just hanging out with each other just as friends? It's gonna be hard for one of you and will most likely end up getting back together.
 

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A lot of guilt, especially after sex. She will feel 'used', no matter what she says.
 

"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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