"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.
What are you working as?
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"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
"I'm a garbage man, it doesn't pay very well but I find alot of cool stuff, infact thats where I got these shoes."What are you working as?
She will look up and down from head to toe and notice your stylish clothes, good body and nice shoes.
Doesn't work all the time, but a good C&F and gets a good laugh with a non-snobby chick.
I'll give you an example of a question that seemed to come up back when I was dealing with lower quality (mindset, not physical); durring the initial part of the conversation I would get "so what kind of car do you drive/have" . I would respond with something along the lines of "oh you're one of those" or "I didn't pick up on that when we met initially" and if they didn't get their mind right and at least apologize-I would have nothing more to do with them. Even if they apologized it'd be something to only keep in the event I had nothing better do and "the relationship"-lol would always be extremely short term. You do not want a female like that around you, it's not a matter of buying them things, they will talk about things mostly of monetary value and somebody like that is like listening to nails on a chalkboard.
afc_2_dj
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Teflon_Mcgee
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1. look around and open my arms (as if to encompass everything) and very theatricly say, "THIS!"
Or...
2. Say, "I'm pretty much a bum. I just kind of...you know...hang out."
This works because I'm 23 and I own a nice place, drive a nice car, and have nice things (clothes/possesions). If you are really a bum or loser then it really wouldn't work.
Then I'll carry on the conversation in a different direction.
"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.
"I´m working as a movie producer. My latest movie is about a nice, rich guy who is about to lose all his money because of a gold digging woman."What are you working as?
I don´t pay attention to cars. Most of the time I´m hanging out in the backseats anyways...what car do you drive
I hate gold-diggers too and the reality is once they ask something like that, I'm already turned off. Anyhow, I'd like to respond and bust on them, since an indifferent silence could be perceived as many other things.
donjuanjovi
Senior Don Juan
You: "Oh, I'm retired. I invented dice when I was a kid"
It's from the movie kiss kiss bang bang.