"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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WHOA! I saw my EX and I felt a little f*cked up about it.

Rudy_TubeSteak

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I had a oneitis last year and we were also good friends but things didn't work out. It took me a while to get over it because I feel heartbroken and burnt.

I am in a great LTR and would never do anything to sabotage it. I am very happy with my current one.

With my ex-oneitis, we had so many fights, she treated me like crap and I treated her like crap in return. We both went our separate ways and moved on.

However everytime I see her, her pics, her workplace or a place we always hang out I always feel a little f*cked up over it. I feel really weird and seems like I am a little hung up or not completely over her. I do not wish to be with her again nor want to speak to her but I always get down about it.

I can't explain why I do this. Its been almost a year since we did anything together. I have been with a lot of other girls and now settling down since then. I dont express my emotions or let anyone see me get down about her I always put on a happy strong front and pretend like she doesn't exist.

Seems like old wounds have been re-opened. I want this non-sense out of my system and move on. Can anyone shed more light on this?
 

"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.

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Rudy_TubeSteak said:
However everytime I see her, her pics, her workplace or a place we always hang out I always feel a little f*cked up over it.
Then why do you keep seeing her, looking at her pictures, stoping by her workplace, or hanging out in the places you used to hang out?

Stop it.
 

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I don't put myself in a position she is more likely to be there. I dont go out of my way to see her and I actually avoid confrontation and go the other way. Tonight I was working security at a concert and I saw her in the corner of my eye while I was walking and I just pretend I didnt see her. If I did I wouldv'e just smiled, say hi and go about my business.

Her pic used to just come up by random, facebook/msn/myspace etc but I have gotten rid of her from all of them. They don't serve any purpose for my benefit so they are all gone.

Sometimes my friends mention her etc...

My good friend is also doing security and he happens to work at the bar she works at and I just catch up with him elsewhere.

Believe me I try to get away from anything that sucks me back into that frame.
 
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