I'll tell you right from the beginning, I don't know a lot about women. I still have trouble approaching them (I don't hear people admit that very often on this forum). I couldn't hope to give you advice, but I can speak from personal experience.
This quote raised a red flag in my mind, as it reminds me of me. I don't have rich parents, but they make a pretty decent chunk of change. We are decidedly upper middle class. I had a lot of poor, black friends in high school (I'm white). I felt embarrassed about 100% of the time. I mean, I just felt so rich, as if I should just pull out 20 dollar bills and just give them to them. My money wasn't making me happy, and I felt like they could use it so much more than me.
This is true and a noble sentiment. But what bugs me is my general ascetic attitude toward life. I buy cheap, ratty clothing, even though I could afford way better. I would be far more embarrassed driving a Porsche than a beat up Civic. Something about *not* standing out, seeming like a normal every day guy out suits me, for better or for worse. I don't own a car, and never want to. I want to bike or take public transportation for the rest of my life. My kids, if I have them, can walk.
I am just about the last person in America to not own a cell phone.
All this pleases me beyond words or measure. The downside is that in my case, I don't know about yours, I have some real problems feeling like I deserve good possessions, good women, good food. I always thought this idea of "deserving something or not" is just hocus pocus. Like if some guy in Mozambique truly felt he deserved a million dollars, he would still be dirt poor.
What began to fascinate me is watching for how often I shoot myself in the foot with women. I do sabotage myself. In fact, some girl kept bringing up sex with me last night... I thought she was attractive, not to mention brilliant... but I don't know, I kept choosing that exact time to say stuff like, "my first kiss I sucked on her lip like an industrial strength-vacuum cleaner." lol, ok, I'm not exactly charming the ladies with my suave personality.
As for "there not being quality women around", I haven't been to Miami since I was 10, so I couldn't say. I have felt the same way: that most women are idiots, immoral, etc. But in my life, I felt this way because I was judging them - and myself - extremely harshly. I felt I was better than people, which I was and am not. Everyone does their best, and that is equality enough for me. I just wasn't even looking or trying to look for good qualities in people. I believe every one of us is a miracle, I just happen to fit with some miracles better than others. But that doesn't mean the people I don't click with are bad people.
I'm not saying that you feel this way. I am just speaking from my own personal experience.
I'm very glad I have reduced how much I judge others, and focus on living my own life the way I like to live it.
I believe in peace, love, kindness, respect, understanding, and honesty. I find that life is not so complicated. The only secret for me is learning how to express how I feel in an interesting and powerful way. I'm still learning, because it is an art.
I abhor how complex and frustrating my life was when I was juggling masks. I tell everyone I can - even my parents - about my desire for sex, for approaching women. What I'm working on now is being able to tell women I just meet about how I read books on seduction.
This is completely off-topic
I was in Carson Pirie Scott today shopping for non-rag clothes for work, and I was astonished to hear a guy explaining Mystery's peacock theory to a throng of co-workers. "So the idea" he explained, "is to go into a club wearing something out of the ordinary, and slightly corny. That way women have something to ask you about. I have a friend who does this inadvertently by wearing an enormous cowboy hat...."
I'm sure what he says works for him, or else he wouldn't say it. I say 'no thanks' to that idea man. In fact, I prefer to dress worse than everybody else, look completely anonymous. My style matches your style on that one.
I figure, I don't want a girl to like me for my clothes, my looks, my face, my body (that last one is pretty unlikely though but maybe I just have a bad body image
). I want a girl to like me DESPITE my clothes, my body. I haven't tried stinking on purpose, but that would be funny. I've always wanted to go to a bar with an eye-patch like Juggler.
I want a girl to love who I am so much that she will date me even if I live in a shack. Not that I want to live in a shack, although come to think of it, that would be kind of like camping.
Anyway, I'm not saying you don't do any of these things. You're probably more talented with women than I am anyway. The one thing you don't have over me is access to my unique personal experience and knowledge. Yay, everybody has some that!
The biggest advantage I think I have over most people is that I know myself better than almost anybody you will ever meet.
I made a list of everybody I know so I wouldn't forget any traumatic experiences.
I made a list of traumatic experiences and healed most of them.
I can name and heal most of my traumatic memories. I have become good (I think) at healing psychological scars, and preventing new ones from forming. So I feel really happy about my progress there.
Maybe I just think I know myself, but don't really. It's always possible
I like your style bro, keep up rocking the universe.
Fo'shizza
(not related to Eddie Izzard (the only other Izza I've ever heard of. You know how I got this sn? I just made typed random characters on a keyboard one time five years ago, because I was downloading porn off *****, and didn't want to use one of my normal screennames. Since then I have always smiled when I meet Izzo's and Izze. You know another word that has 'Izza" in it? I just thought of this. I'll give you a hint, you guys can call me "Eats-uh" from now on
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600 posts w00t, I'm out.