Nofap is still going strong after Friday's close call. The trick is keeping the mind and body occupied.
Lending Physical Strength to Others
Saturday I went adventuring outdoors with a new Meetup group I've been meaning to attend for a while. One of the girls in the group was five years younger and asked me a lot of questions on the car ride out to our hike and adventure spot. I'm not used to a girl asking me what my age is so quickly in a conversation.... so that was interesting. We were bouldering around some tough rocks and I had to lean in to pull her up over and around a few spots. I encouraged her and pushed her hard, yet she hit her threshold and had to turn around with some people who volunteered to return to the beginning spot. It felt great to lend a hand with some of the men and women struggling. I was a newbie to this group yet felt like a veteran. I don't know if it was nofap, my general daily strength/cardio regime that added to the confidence, for I felt like I got respect from veterans of the group. Kinda like "cool, bro, you're good and won't be a liability for us, welcome to the group" vibe. The same girl earlier asked me if I was going to a core member group trip for New Years Eve. I said something like "thanks for the offer, however this is my first event with this group and I want to make sure you'll not weird, kidnap me and ransom me to the highest bidder" lol.
Teasing Push/Pull
Sunday I went to a movie and lunch get together with my main Meetup group. The girl/guy ratio sucked today, but I didn't care because I wanted to see this new movie. This girl that usually gives me proximity at events used me to pivot to get to another guy last event, so today, I was busting and teasing her for never seeing Star Wars. She asked if I would disown her, lol.. so I said, I would have to disqualify her to some degree for nerd street cred, so she will have to find a way to earn respect or something along those lines. Some of the guys chimed in with "me too" comments when she stated opinions about movies. She called me out for teasing her hard about never seeing any Star Wars movie to the other guys, and I just grinned real big, haha. I did a little comfort building at lunch so I wouldn't be all push and no pull. She smiled and laughed big at one interaction, yet I forget what the details were... I noticed people had to started to look at phones after lunch, so I bounced early so I wouldn't look needy or wait for people to get bored and end the meetup.