Espi said:
I personally don't see anything wrong with it because everyone gets to have fun. Joe Kennedy once said that it's not who you are that really matters...its who people think you are... I see nothing wrong with going into a club and causing a girl to think that she is fukking a CIA spy or a rich man. that is after all what most women are after.
going out to a bar alone is a very courageous thing in and of itself. whatever your angle is just try to be confident and have fun with it.
I don't think that quote means that you're supposed to lie to get people to think a certain way. It just means that you project a certain image that makes people see you in a greater light.
My personal example is that I do woodworking, I'm a professional writer, and I play the blues. So when I tell girls about my career or hobbies, they THINK of me as some type of old fashioned, rugged, backwoods type. The reality is, I'm just some guy working an office job (it's a cool job, but still just a job). I play guitar a lot, but I barely have time for woodworking. But the fact that women have this image in their heads gives them a story to go with. However, I became that story. I didn't lie. I put time and effort into things that made me a more interesting person. And when I tell women about the world of me writing, building tables, or playing guitar, they take the image and run with it.
My morals are too f**ked up for me to talk down to anyone. But from a logical standpoint, lying just becomes a lot to keep up with. And besides, if I'm talking to some pretty girl in the bar, I don't know what her role in my life will be. So, how am I gonna fill her head with lies when potentially she could become a longterm f**k buddy, or a girlfriend, or a chick who introduces me to her female friends? It's just easy to tell my story, and let them either buy into my lifestyle or to go find another product.
So in summary, I think projecting an image is fine. However, making one up entirely out of fiction is going to get people into a hole. And possibly not the good hole.