I have three sisters, one younger, two older. No brothers. I think it was most of the reason for my former blue pill viewpoint. They had no reason to play games with me or feed me any BS, other than just messing around. They all are pretty sharp, normally pleasant, all have science degrees and great careers. All married good men and from "all appearances" have a happy married life. They are all also well rounded, responsible, exhibit logic (gasp) and don't generate drama.
So here I go into the world of women with that expectation and am just dumbfounded as I find out how things really work. It took me a few heartbreaks to get my bearings, but then I completely changed at about age 21. I finally said F this and decided to stop living my life chasing, did what I wanted to do and let the cards fall where they might. A year later, I had gotten in great shape, was a serial dater and had slept with about 25 women by age 25. Damn that was fun, but I did finally have one nail me down for a couple of years. I got off of my game and it just died. After her, I dated a few and fell into another LTR that fizzled after a year. I came to realize that I was looking for level headed women like the ones I had lived with in my formative years. Pretty damned hard to find. I finally ran into one and married her, but the alcohol addiction she developed eventually destroyed that.
I'm told that I have a knack for talking to women and making them feel at ease. I don't blabber on and gossip, but they do react to me in a positive way. I have found that I need to be careful though, because my aggressiveness seems to have waned a bit with age and have ended up freindzoned a couple of times before I realized it. A little too much of a nice guy sometimes (not a door mat though) and not making my interest known soon enough.
I think that I'm different from a few of my friends who have no sisters in that they really don't have a clue about women at all, although they think that they do. I see what they go through and just shake my head. Believe me, I still f8ck up royally sometimes, but I now realize my mistakes and have the tools to fix things (usually). This forum is awesome for filling in the weak spots. I like to think that my having seen both sides of the coin has provided me with grounded expectations, but at the same time it allows me to really appreciate and enjoy the company of a quality woman. Unfortunately, finding them is the wild anymore is like hunting Bigfoot.