"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.
The Game - (Neil Strauss) Movie
- Thread starter King Tuz
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"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
thefonz
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flippinfreak
Master Don Juan
I can see it being a total flop and being reminescent of Hitch.
brucevangeorge
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If that's the case, then its going to make a great Movie. Probably gonna be along the same lines as his current movie... ya know, the wrestling monk?thefonz said:
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
Dover
Don Juan
I'll bet someone has already posted in this thread who hasn't implemented anything from our community.
The movie will not affect anyone who has a strong inner game in the slightest bit.
The movie will help sales of mystery method and david deangelo etc.
Apparantly Val Kilmer is playing Mystery. Thats as much as I've heard.
three12.
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Mystery: Remember what we taught you Neil. It's time to make your first approach.
Style: Hey HB11, did you see those two girls fighting outside?
HB11: **** me now Neil!
Style: Ok.
Looks awesome!
flippinfreak
Master Don Juan
:crackup: :crackup:VegasGuy56 said:
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.