NMMNG - have read, will re-read, somewhat relevant to my life. MMSLP - have read, will re-read, somewhat relevant to my life.

WISNIFG - THIS. I am thirsty for THIS. I feel that Jacktenofhearts, has me pegged with his 'autistic emotional retard' commentaries. I cannot read people, situations. I am binary and defensive in reaction. Some RP advice is going to backfire if you're like me and are wildly socially UNAWARE. WISNIFG has opened my eyes a little bit about one version of HOW to go about improving myself in this way. The focus of the book may be on 'how not to be manipulated' but it's much more than that. Scales falling from my eyes. Manna.

Most of what people call "emotional" in my case is SOCIAL inability, not the inability to feel. But how to manage those feels, how to respond, why. What works works. Be a novice at fogging. Practice it. Stop being a novice. Wonderful. Just like learning anything else. We were supposed to learn this stuff naturally, by going to public school. But some of us thought we were perfectly functional as we were.

QUESTION: what, sidebar or not, are other resources for actionable guides on moving further down this path??

Women want you to just "get it." I am as far from just "getting it" as ever. But I see there's a road out from here. And no, it's not to "get it" in regards to women. It's to improve myself.