"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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david90

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What can I do? I can't make friends easily. I have a lot of aquatainces but no deep relationships.
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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Francisco d'Anconia

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First and foremost, you need to find someone you are willing or highly interested in knowing on more than superficially. If you would like for someone to understand you deeply, you'll have to be willing to reciprocate.
 

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I had some close friends in HS and thinking back i'm not really sure how I became close to them. I guess I just go whereever they went.
 

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Originally posted by aBAzLLnA
There are no such things as close friends in HS.
I had one good friend my senior year. Better than zero I guess.
 

"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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It requires effort on both sides. I've put a lot of effort into making friends in high school and i'm still friends with a handful of them.

Spending a lot of time and fun moments with your targets is difinately a must which becomes more difficult as you get older because of time constrants,family, jobs, etc.

In my experience the people who are likeminded to me are more likely to become close friends than those who just share abstract interests and follow a different life path.

But in the beginning stages of friendships it's important to take interest in what your target is doing.
 

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I haven't had a friend in like 4 years or so... I'm outgoing confident etc., no problem with women but I couldn't make a guy friend if my life depended on it. I try every chance I get but it never turns into a friendship. SO i feel ya
 

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psychologically speaking, girls make friends to for emotional bondage.....guys make friends simply out of alliances, try to find a reason or common goal to alline yourself with another male, just don't think of it like..."I need a friend to talk to."
 

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So what exactly have you tried, have you read up on the skill of making friends and tried them out?

Have you tried joining a few outside school clubs and meet people?
 

"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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Don't be so quick to throw away the serenity of solitude ;)

Joking aside, it has been my understanding that the faster the thought about "having to make friends" leaves your mind, the faster you find them.

An amazing characteristic of animals, including humans, is our desire and instinct to find companions. This said, it sounds like you're looking too hard for something you don't know how to find.

What are your interests? Those who share them are, in my opinion, the easiest to befriend.

Play sports? Go to the gym and get in on a game.
Read? Hit a bookstore or, god forbid, the library.
Dance? Go to a dance.
Draw? Get in on a class or something.
Play music? Ask people to jam.

Look for things you have in common with people and know something about. There's a foundation and basis of conversation initiation (ah, poetry).

Going out to meet random people in random situations at random times produces random results. Going to specialized places with almost designated attendants is much more stable.
 
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