"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
What the HELL??? My rant about women who love FOOTBALL
- Thread starter STR8UP
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"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.
Here is the thing...YOU chooce to sit through all the chick flicks, and to listen to the gossip and all that crap. YOUR choice as nobody was putting a gun to your head.insanity said:
Now...I do believe men and women must have some 'space'. Nothing better than watching a football game alone, while she is either cleaning the house or gossiping with her girlfriends or doing girly stuff.
You don't need to add "competiveness" in the relationship. Leave that for when you are playing dominoes or cards or table games.
And you don't want to surrender the "with the guys watching the game" element either.
squirrels
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She's probably into the emotional high of cheering for a team more than the actual sport. Ask her what a 46 defense is.STR8UP said:
I'd rather have a girl I can take to a game who won't be sitting there on her cellphone the whole time. If you want a super-femi girl, then dump the one you're with. Or date another girl behind her back.
Vulpine
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"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
What is WRONG is when a woman evaluates the relationship based on her partner's lack of interest for the same sport. Same goes with men valuing women on how much she dislikes sports.