I am not a player. I was with my wife for twelve years. I am new at this.
I found this site some time ago when I was looking to get back into the game, but I'd already made a series of decisions at that point about how I was going to proceed with my life to make myself marketable. I didn't want to be 45, fat, broke, and alone, rattling around inside my house looking at porn and wishing my dead wife was here.
I was overweight, I was in a job I hated, I made a workable salary but nothing great, I had a bull**** degree and an unremarkable life overall. Except for my wife, who was awesome. And I was about to lose that. So I straightened myself out. I started running, went back to school, picked up a commission and became an officer, got my MBA, opened my own business, got my teeth whitened, went to Nordstrom for a makeover, etc. My feet were in the starting blocks when the gun went off.
The car came after -- hell, the car was grief therapy -- but the car is part of the package. The package attracts women. (My package, being statistically average if not a little below, does not; at least, not on its own.)
There are a lot of guys on this forum who come here because their lives are ****. They're fat, or they're broke, or they're hung up on The One, or they've done nothing to differentiate themselves from the herd, and they want someone to pat them on the back and tell them that it's okay, they're special snowflakes and everything's going to work out. "You'll get hot chicks, too, honey. Just say these magic words. Buy her this drink. Do *this*. Chicks love *this.*"
BULL****. If there's anything I've learned through this experience, it's that you have to make your own luck.
My understanding is that guys come to this site to learn how to attract women. I'm posting on here because I have figured it out. Or at least, what is working for me. And if it works for me, there's no reason it wouldn't work for anyone.
There is a very slim set of circumstances that make a man my age socially acceptable as relationship material for a younger, fit, attractive woman. I identified those circumstances, and then spent the past five years busting my @** to meet those parameters and remain within them. If you meet those expectations, the actual attracting-hot-women part is pretty much effortless. (I'm not gonna lie, though: staying within those parameters is a full-time job.)
I could have stayed fat, met some old gray cow my own age, and spent the next twenty years having sex with my eyes closed. No, thanks.
It's really easy. Make yourself attractive. And not just physically. Financially, sartorially, emotionally. Do what it takes. A very nice car will help, but more than that, having your life together and working for you to such a point that you can drive a nice car and have people who know you say, "Oh, that makes sense," is the true attractant.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm having a 22-year-old Delta Gamma over for brunch in an hour. Enjoy your weekend.