Cool, now that this thread is back onto productive footing let me throw in my 2 cents. For the record
@stormrider, I agree with 90% of everything you write--which is why I take the time to challenge the 10% I disagree with. And the reason I do that is because I'm specifically interested in guys like
@nicksaiz65 having access to the same resources that helped me.
Obviously, it's up to every man to form his own views of life from
his experiences--I've never hung with PUAs, can count on one hand the number of guys I've met who I suspected were PUAs. So obviously I haven't seen the downsides or those risks. But I think the value of any tool set can't be judged by what some people have or haven't done with them.
@nicksaiz65 is 22 with like 5 girls (if I remember correctly). He's not some hopeless hard case. He's obviously very motivated and probably only needs a few minor adjustments to get to where he needs to be.
Would you agree that
@nicksaiz65 doesn't have enough
real world experience to even know what is authentic to him vs. what's been conditioned into him from his parents, from his school, from society? No guy fully knows who he is at 22. The reason I advocate approaching is because 1.) Sex will never be more important to him than it is RIGHT NOW. 2.) The sooner he learns how to cope with rejection and not base his internal value off of reactions, the more equipped he'll be to handle every area of his life. 3.) Guys that age make dumbazz decisions that will affect their long-term life trajectories off of a place of scarcity.
When I was 24--after a failed and extremely misguided attempt at monogamy--the only reason I was able to take the necessary risks and have the time to make the investments in my future that are paying off at 28 is
because I got enough experience to realize that I could generate sexual options independent of lifestyle, career, and basically anything else. That let me make short-term sacrifices and to work on a vision for my future that was 100% based off of what I wanted vs. something I did in a misguided attempt to get laid.
And for the record, when I started learning game it was specifically because the social circle (environments--whatever you want to call them) that I had relied on and invested so much time into were full of girls who had already peaked and guys who were settling into what society told them to settle into. I was 24 when I fvcked the last girl I wanted to from
any of my social environments (and I had way too many friends )--and the prospect of anything else coming my way was slim.
Disagree. From where he is now, with the right mindsets, it should take him maybe 6-12 months to start having enough results to realize that girls aren't all that special and that he has enough value to get what he wants. By his mid-20s he'll have this out of his system and will have the skillset to where he can go out for one night and generate enough good options to last him for a month.
When I look at guys my age who are still single, most of the ones I know have good jobs, take care of their appearance, have lives--and then feel like something is wrong with them
personally because they did everything right and the universe isn't putting girls in their lives. When they do meet girls they don't know how to vibe, they don't know how to keep a convo going, they don't have enough ability to generate options not to get all sad when things don't swing their way. Like, I can go out and bring girls
to them and they still fvck it up and think I have some magical superpower.
Again, nothing I've ever advised Nick to do or look into advocates blowing himself out in his social environments. But if your subcomms aren't so ingrained that they're visibly evident, then you're simply not gonna get that many IOIs. But if you tell a guy to talk with breaking-rapport tonality and laser eye contact and suddenly he starts getting IOIs and investment from girls who might not have noticed him before, then that gives his brain
proof that his lack of results has more to do with how he carries himself than any part of his fundamental person, so to speak.
Sure, he'll still get rejected. He's not strong enough in his sense of self to not slip into incongruence or to have lapses in frame--and girls WILL sh1t test him on those. But it's all fine and good for me, you, and
@guru1000 to carry on about how we almost never get sh1t tested or girls open us--but that probably won't be
@nicksaiz65's experience until he grows in his sense of self and works on presenting his value effectively.
Again, can't speak on that. It's not something I've personally experienced firsthand. Most guys I go out with end up settling down within a year or two. I guess some guys probably do get addicted to the validation or don't internalize their value. In my personal experience, once I got what I needed getting girls wasn't a big deal or something that required much time or effort. The only reason I still come back here is to pay it forward.
Also as far as wavelength or demographic, guys tend to rationalize whatever results they're getting as the best possible result. I know I did. I think a guy has to be with probably 10-20 girls before he can be honest with himself about what he likes, what he doesn't, what he'll tolerate, and what he won't. Like with 22 y/o me, I more or less followed your advice to a T: I had great social circles with plenty of girls and I just sat back and invested in the ones who showed interest in me. I picked what I perceived as the 'best' one (i.e. the hottest one who put in the most work to earn my commitment). And I came very, very close to ruining my life.
A couple years later and I was consistently hooking up with girls who were just as hot as her with far fewer emotional issues. And I did that by going out and meeting them. That's why I push back in threads like these--and from what you've written, probably why you push back on what I advocate. The reason I address you and not your fan club is because, like I said, most of your advice is solid. Whereas with a lot of these other cats I have never seen anything (and maybe I miss it cause I'm hardly ever on here) that remotely convinces me they've ever done sh1t. It's also funny that everyone throws these labels at me and makes all these assumptions but it is what it is.
I think I've written enough here that guys can start to decide for themselves and at least have options to explore multiple solutions.