"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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Today was a B1tch.

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My finger got infected, and my doctor and the trainer at my school both said it was very serious and i needed to go to the emergency room if it got any worse.

So then at swimming, these 2 kids that have been bullying me for the last 2 months decided to spit water at me and in my eye, and push me around (in the pool). So i push back and he grabs my infected finger and almost breaks it. I don't know wut's up with today, but after 5 min, i felt like i was about to cry and i went into the locker room. I started to hyperventilate (first time in my life) and started to cry. ( i haven't cried in like 3 years)

Then after swim practice my mom got this letter about one of the swimming kid's mom dying so she decided to donate $100. I wouldn't have a problem with this, but the thing is, we're sort of poor. I mean, our credit card runs outta money almost every week, and we have to limit wut we buy at the groceries all the time. I mean maybe 10-20 dollars, but 100 for us is just too much. Then, my mom starts yelling at me and says that i'm heartless and how i'm wrong. And now she's super pissed at me.

I mean, freaking care about yourself before someone that I hardly know and that she's never even heard about before today. We need that money, but she's just going to give it to..... actually it isn't even to the family that died, it's to the cancer foundation (his mom died of cancer).

Damit i'm pissed off.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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So i push back


Good, but then you stopped pushing back. Always make it hurt to bully you. That does not mean you have to win every confrontation, and it does not mean that you will hurt less than the bully. But do everything you can to hit back and cause him a little pain, and the bullies will pick on someone else next time.
 

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the reason i don't beat the **** out of him is that if he decided to tell, both of us would be taken off the team.

and i think it's solved now cause the captains found out about it and gave us a talk.
 

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Why didn't you tell an adult? This probably would have never happened if you told the authorities.
 

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the reason i don't beat the sh!t out of him is that if he decided to tell, both of us would be taken off the team.


Do you really have a team if your own teammates are bullying you? To me, not being bullied would be more important than being on a team with bullies.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Good, but then you stopped pushing back. Always make it hurt to bully you. That does not mean you have to win every confrontation, and it does not mean that you will hurt less than the bully. But do everything you can to hit back and cause him a little pain, and the bullies will pick on someone else next time.
It's good to see someone in here is socially calibrated. That's the conclusion I've came up with when it comes to dealing with bullies.
 

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Doesn't sound like they are part of a freaking team does it? If the bullying continues, What I found as a personal motto when it comes to fighting is hit first and hit hard. Im not telling you to fight them but everyone has a breaking point. Fight or Flight, You choose just make sure you know you are right for doing whatever you choose too..
 

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Bible_Belt said:
So i push back


Good, but then you stopped pushing back. Always make it hurt to bully you. That does not mean you have to win every confrontation, and it does not mean that you will hurt less than the bully. But do everything you can to hit back and cause him a little pain, and the bullies will pick on someone else next time.
i've tried that. The only thing that leads to is more and harder hitting.
 

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Bible_Belt said:
the reason i don't beat the sh!t out of him is that if he decided to tell, both of us would be taken off the team.


Do you really have a team if your own teammates are bullying you? To me, not being bullied would be more important than being on a team with bullies.
it's only two people out of the team. and i can't afford to be kicked off since i've been swimming for 5 years now. I can probably place in state.
 

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also, i've thought about hitting him back, but i'm afraid of actually killing him or doing something serious.....
 

"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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Crazy Asian said:
also, i've thought about hitting him back, but i'm afraid of actually killing him or doing something serious.....
I highly doubt a single strike will kill him.

Is this guy older or on higher level team? Or in the same spot as you?

Just call him out on it in front of every one, "Why are you giving me ****? Are you that much of a ***** that you have to **** with others to make yourself feel good?" Or something along those lines.

If that doesn't work, goto the administration.
 

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Crazy Asian said:
also, i've thought about hitting him back, but i'm afraid of actually killing him or doing something serious.....
If you fight him in school, and a teacher catches you. Its over for you. Suspension and explusion will surely follow. Resist the temptation for confrontation, and just tell the authoritites.

You won't regret it.
 

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Take it to the teachers. Document your reports to the teachers. If they do nothing, kick his ass. Then when you get in trouble, bring out your documented stuff and be like "no you b1tches didn't do anything, so I did it myself. FVCK u all." Yeah, this is the worst advice bro, but I know how you feel man...only thing to do is to get out of that environment of get authorities to deal with them......don't know what else to say.

I was bullied as a kid, and one time i remember I was just walking in the goddam playground...I was just fvcking WALKING!!!

Anyways, this kid runs up behind me and leaps of my fvcking back and knocks me to the ground...I get the air knocked out of me and he starts hammering my chest. Here I am, a little kid and I'm getting pummled by a classmate so I START FREAKING OUT!!! I so I just keep trying to get up and flail like a damn FISH WITH ARMS.

Luckily on one of these panicky flails my elbow caught this guy in the throat and suddenly everything stopped.

I saw him gasping for air and I stood to help him up, but then I realized there was a crowd watching by now. So he's about to grab my hand and I decide to show these fvckers not to screw with me and I kick him hard in the balls and he squeals and I pummel his ass for a few more seconds before teachers come and see WTF is going on.

Yeah I didn't get in trouble because he attacked me first. Then nobody fvcked with me after that and I actually became good friends w/this guy for like 2 years.
 

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Bad days suck. Sorry to hear.

Regarding the bully problem, you just need to gain some better verbal self defense. Unnerving will to stare them down and tell them to knock it the eff off and to get out of your face. Dunno, I've never really been bullied....maybe I'm intimidating or whatever, who knows. People always try to start crap with me all the time at bars for some weird reason....I'm really good at yelling and cursing people out though and that usually makes them back down.

As for the $$$ thing, don't worry about it. Everything will work out in the long run, just remain positive, work hard and do what you want and cash will find its way into your pockets.
 

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Bible_Belt said:
the reason i don't beat the sh!t out of him is that if he decided to tell, both of us would be taken off the team.


Do you really have a team if your own teammates are bullying you? To me, not being bullied would be more important than being on a team with bullies.
I guess you don't understand his position mate, If he tells, he will forever be a snitch. Being a rat forever is something you DON'T wanna be, only thing you can do is give him a punch in the face, but then you got the chance people will see you as the bully. Fubar...
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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I never have been bullied seriously by people who aren't 'friends'. If that happened to me I would just belt him and if he hits back harder I would hit him again. Maybe I would get suspended but I'm sure it would feel better to stand up for yourself (even if you lose) that ending up crying. At least he would get kicked off the team too.
 
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