"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.
When She Talks Really Negative About Her Ex...
- Thread starter Disco
- Start date
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
DonGorgon
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When she is mad at you those are the things she will accuse you of being also.. Many times its the way she sees most men due to her own issues with her dad..
Women/humans lie alot.. but the information contained within a lie can still be very useful in aiding your strategic formulations....
Magma
Senior Don Juan
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
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Because it's a sign that they’re either not over their ex-bf or they had no respect for their ex-bf and ran all over them before breaking it off.Disco said:why is it a red flag? please explain more.
If she says things like that, you should observe her character and proceed cautiously.
She's now spreading absolutely identical rumours about me. ****ing ridiculous. She's using it to get whatever attention she wants.
She = my ex, not your gf by the way. I would just be wary of anyone who complains about their ex non-stop like that.
I.A.F.Y.B.
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IceBreaker
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Now it just really depends if you like her or not. Then the next time you ask her out, hold her hand... if she squeezes back then you're in, if she pulls away then you have no chance, move on.
Don't leave her before you know what she's wanted. It's all about getting the experience to tell what signal she's trying to send
"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.
ive got first hand experience of this, an ex. They know he's useless, bad news etc, but believe it or not they could and sometimes do go back to them. Im not saying she'll cheat (but never rule it out, ever!) but if you broke up tommorow you shouldn't be shocked if the atleast has a fling with him again. Thats how girls work, they dont act with their heads.
anyway, maybe she is pretty repulsed by her ex, alot of relationships end like this. But still, you stay neutral. She could ***** about him all day but shag him that night, literally.
puma183
Don Juan
A woman who rants about how terrible her ex BFs were to her is telling you one thing: she has bad taste in men.
"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.
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haha so true, but could it be a shyt test?Jitterbug said:Women b!tch about their ex to shift all the blame on the guys to forget about the fact that they CHOSE to be in that relationship and were a part of it. Just one of the ways they deny accountability for the choices they made themselves.
A woman who rants about how terrible her ex BFs were to her is telling you one thing: she has bad taste in men.
Don't think it's a test, but if it is, I believe that a sh!t test says just as much about the woman doing the testing as it is about the man dealing with it. In other words, she's still low quality.Azudragon said:haha so true, but could it be a shyt test?