Since they are just average looking, I don't know why they acted so surprised. If you are as good looking as you say, it should have been self explanatory.
What you say is correct, but that is not what I mean. When I talk about confidence, I mean the confidence of being a capable man, of being able to handle situations, of being able to succeed at life. This may be a generational thing, because I was raised at a time when a man's self esteem was closely tied to his work.
I've talked about this before, but when I was a young man I struggled in many ways. I was keenly aware that most of my friends made more money than I did, they always seemed to be more successful. I had been raised alone basically, so I also had to battle a problem with shyness (which also held me back financially). As I said, maybe this is a generational thing, but this affected me to my core as a man. But I was obsessed with self improving, so eventually I reached the point where I had reversed it, and I was the one making more money. This was a life struggle that gave me all around confidence in a way that I never would have had if I hadn't been successful.
As for power, I was talking more about "power over other people". People might treat you like you are more important. If you look at 50 Shades of Gray, Christian is the billionaire CEO of a large company. He commands basically everyone around him. He has close "servants" around him that do his bidding and will even risk their life for him. Just like a famous rapper might have a bodyguard who will put themselves in danger to protect him. That's more what I was thinking of when I was saying that money can bring power, and power can be an aphrodisiac.
I've noticed a trend here lately on the forum, where posters are saying that money is no factor at all in attraction. I think the pendulum has swung too far in this direction at present. Money isn't the most important factor, and it can be a double edged sword, but it is a factor. I believe it's part of the "LMS" trifecta for a reason. The alpha in a tribe is not a guy who lacks resources.
This doesn't mean that women won't bang the broke pool boy. But it also doesn't mean that they can never be attracted to a successful man. That just seems like common sense.
Zekko, you know a little of my background with money. I'm a VC, lol. You know I'd love to say to all to make money to attract women. Notice guys like Urbanyst or BigNeil start making a little money and then soliciting the forum that money gets you hot women. I'd like to say that it does but it doesn't.
The power you refer to as Christian as a billionaire CEO of a large company deals with status, which is the single most powerful catalyst to attraction, much more than looks.
I report my experiences. And you know, I have many. Many of those experiences will conflict with much of what the Manosphere had previously thought. And that's has always been my agenda (kind of like yours), which is to break previous ineffective thinking patterns and lead men to the truth.
Money in itself does little in attraction, although it can get you money-hungry women, hookers, strippers, and buy things that give one the illusion of status. However, whether one has 1000 in their bank account or 10 million, will not get women's panties wet.
Attraction boils down to two elements looks and status. The way one presents himself to others, his "game," his confidence in attracting other hot women I subsume these traits under "status," as it demonstrates to the girl how he corresponds within a social hierarchy. Hence, why good "game" can be quite powerful.
Also not having enough money can be a deal breaker to some women in the highest echelon of society, but again this deals more with status within a higher hierarchy, and the "net worth" itself is a tool which demonstrates one's status within this hierarchy. But even within this echelon, everyone has money, and so money is a prerequisite for entrance, and the not the catalyst of attraction.
As to money, I encourage all men to accumulate wealth for an easier and more powerful life for themselves, but not in hopes that it will change their dating life.
