"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 requirements of a happy life...

BadsnakeUK

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This is a thread for people to add some of the things a man needs in his life to be happy and fulfilled. For me they are:

1. A challenging and rewarding job with scope for continued promotion
2. Intellectual stimulation - never stop learning!
3. Regular physical exercise - at least 3 times a week
4. Music - playing and listening
5. Martial arts - a way of competing and getting gradually better at something
6. Meditation
7. A good social life
8. Good family relations
9. Enough money to be comfortable and be able to do the above

Feel free to add your own...
 

"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.

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DonJuan11

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BadsnakeUK said:
This is a thread for people to add some of the things a man needs in his life to be happy and fulfilled. For me they are:

1. A challenging and rewarding job with scope for continued promotion
2. Intellectual stimulation - never stop learning!
3. Regular physical exercise - at least 3 times a week
4. Music - playing and listening
5. Martial arts - a way of competing and getting gradually better at something
6. Meditation
7. A good social life
8. Good family relations
9. Enough money to be comfortable and be able to do the above

Feel free to add your own...
I would put 8,7,9 and numbers 1,2,3. Rest seem good.
 

Interceptor

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Well..you appeared to have omitted women from that list...

But overall, that pretty much sums it up for me.

I might add some activity in which we share what we have learned with others too.
And gaining insight from a postive mentor.


Good job.
 

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I noticed the same thing Interceptor did. If you live a life without women, you might as well be gay.

Another thing that is missing is laughter. A life without laughing is not happy at all.
 

BadsnakeUK

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Yeah I deliberately didn't put women on the list. Not because I'm gay :crackup: , but because they come and go and can't be relied upon to make you happy. What I'm trying to establish is the things a man needs besides women that will make his life good regardless of whatever other sh*t comes his way.

Mine are in no particular order BTW.

Any others you can think of?
 

"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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