"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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The little things in life

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Every sunday night, since forever. I've always sat down and watched TV and ate takeout. When I was a teenager I would go to the dixie cafe and get grilled country pork chops and fried corn on the cob and watch law and order criminal intent and boomtown on NBC. When I was broke and starting my first business I would put together 10 or 15 dollars and go to sonic and watch the sopranos.

I don't care where I am in the world or what I'm doing, that's now instinctive. Now we order ****ty dominios pizza lol and sit and watch movies on amazon prime or netflix all night.

For all the things I do or have done, this has always been one of the most rewarding things. Cut the phones off get off the internet, cuddle up wiht the misses, eat **** hawaiian pizza and enjoy each other.

It's the simple things in life really. it sounds silly but it really is.


What are some of the simple things you like to do?
 
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"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.

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Good topic dude. Sunday Night HBO is a treasure. I have even taken to planning my wknds around them.

For me, the weekdays I don't have to work are life's little pleasure. Strolling to WaWa while everyone who is working is driving, checking the Daily News while everyone else who is working is hellbent on the coffee station, getting two sizzlis to enjoy while everyone else who is working is eating their bagel on the road, getting home and listening to Sirius Bluegrass junction.

On those days I feel like a king, or at the very least, landed gentry.
 

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MAAAAAAAAAAAAN

back when X files was on, I used to get Mexican take out and watch X-files, my favorite thing to do.

Hardshell carne asada tacos.....so good.....

I'd look forward to it all week...
 

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Battling another young guy on the tennis court. Win or lose I love the intensity and rythm of the game. And it's so tactical. What shots of yours r on and off on the night. Recognising his weaknesses and playing Your Strengths to them
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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What a cool thread. Sunday brunch with great coffee, eggs Benedict or breakfast tacos.
Simple but decadent when done well. Anything building the relationship with the kids is a treasure. They grow up so fast.

For myself a few simple pleasures:

- A warm soak in a soak tub
- An evening dancing Latin or swing
- Playing pick up soccer
- Cup of great hot tea
- Conversation
- Chess
- Gin Rummy (the card game)
 
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