Backbreaker, I think you're right. This is something that really needed to be said.
This entire web site takes on an entirely different perspective, and I think quite a few guys will be on the same page as me here, when you have a good enough social life that is filled with active hobbies, a sence of competition and so forth.
The reason being is that when you resonate good things, people speak of it. People like to be associated with interesting people, and the more interesting you are, the more people will speak highly of you to boost their own social status.
It's a form of social proof that does not require your presence. I know a lot about this. When this is achieved, you don't have to try so hard anymore. A lot of it comes to you. People make it easier for you to make things happen. Doors open wide up and it's like a completely different world. It's like living you're whole life working in construction for chickenfeed and just one day waking up a millionaire. People are banging your door down offering loans, giving you free sh!t, offering everything you want when you least need it. The same people that were nowhere to be found when you were broke and needed it most. Women tend to be JUST LIKE THAT.