"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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Told I go "cold" when she talks about the ex

The_Lifter

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Question pretty much as per title. I've been trying very hard indeed to maintain the "I don't care" attitude when she talks about her previous boyfriends or, in the current case, goes to a party where he is also present. Obviously I've told her that this isn't acceptable to me, and that the only reason people see their ex's is because they need a fallback option. However, am I going the right way about it, because there is a part of me that sees this a looking a bit insecure/needy. I think I may have avoided it by informing her that if she keeps it up, I'm gone. Nevertheless, the question still stands.
 

"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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Francisco d'Anconia

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Why haven't you asked her why she keeps bringing them up? Better yet whenever bring up your ex whenever she brings up hers. Just keep telling her that your ex swallowed and that she would find you other women to have a threesome. :p
 

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a chick did this to me a little bit ago and it felt like getting hit by a brick.

I mean she shut me up about an ex...

I was talking about an ex while we were hanging out, and she was basically like "ok, we have to go, i gotta go"

LOL

i was like "crap, big mistake, i am being a dumb girl this time"
 
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