"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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Taking a - break -

Pancho84

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What would you guys do if you are "taking a break" with your girl..

meet other girls?

completely move on and start dating someone else?

wait around and work on other life issues while she takes care of her own life issues?

Go out and Fvck?

Post up!!!
Grazie
Il bambino.
 

"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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Panda 2000

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If she says she wants to take a break that means she doesn't want to be with you anymore, but it's still convinient for her to hold you as a backup. When a girl says she wants a break, just dump her completely and say next, I think we will be unanimous about this.
 

The TallOne

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Originally posted by Panda 2000
If she says she wants to take a break that means she doesn't want to be with you anymore, but it's still convinient for her to hold you as a backup. When a girl says she wants a break, just dump her completely and say next, I think we will be unanimous about this.
Bingo.

******** for break is...

"I am going to look for someone else right now.. and I'll use you as a backup if I can't."

Dump her, move on. Breaks are nothin but a annoying occurence that you should not tolerate.

MOVE THE HELL ON! Its not worth your time waiting around for her.
 

cactus3178

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I take it she initiated this 'break'?

Turn around and fucking walk the other direction. It's the quickest way to either:

A. Snap her ass right back into line with you in control.

-or-

B. Give you a head start at moving on.



Good luck.
 

Kaine

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It's hard to give you any advice without much context.


Assuming that it was your girls idea "to take a break"

The first thing you should do is agree with her and don't act like it's a big deal.

Tell her what your definition of a break is i.e. seeing other people, no contact etc

Then, stop all contact with her, keep busy on whatever terms you have given her. She will contact you when's she's ready. At which point you can decide whether you want to keep her or not. Take back your power.

Her interest level in you must have dropped somewhere along the lines such that she needs to shyt test you one last time before dumping you like a big pile of poo.

If you really want her back, you need to demonstrate your detachment, this will raise her IL with you. Don't act like a wuss.
 

"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.

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