I recently attended a dating and attraction masterclass, mainly because I wanted to observe and see what info I can glean but also because it was free

Some very interesting things happened

Pre Selection

The presenter used this simple idea to explain how pre-selection made a guy more attractive, using these 3 Facebook photos

  1. Guy by himself
  2. Guy with a bunch of guys
  3. Guy with a bunch of girls

He then asked the room which guy was the most attractive, response was mixed. Then he revealed the answer was 3) and there was a literal audible collective gasp of disbelief from the gals in the crowd. He then singled out a few and asked them why. He let them point and sputter and rationalize for a bit and then asked point blank "but is he attractive?" and the answer was universally "Yes, but" que more rationalizing

The Hamster is the truly the strongest unstoppable force in the world ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Playing Hard to Get

The presenter offered a scenario where a guy asked a girl out, she's keen but can react in either of these 2 ways

  1. Yes!
  2. Umm ah, I don't know, let me check my schedule and get back to you, let's see

He then asked what was the correct response and guess who in the room was the only person who said 1)

And girls wonder why they get ghosted or soft nexted....oh wait, nobody is going to soft next them because that's not how things work here

You can be popular with girls and still be in the FriendZone

The presenter told a personal story where he was the cool, funny guy who could talk to girls and was always hanging out with them, but couldn't get a girlfriend to save his life. One of the audience members (female) literally couldn't believe it to the point she blurted out "Why?" while he was talking

Now prior to this we happened to strike up a convo for about 5 mins or so. So at the next break I went to her and said "Hey let me prove a point, we had a good convo just now right? Head nod it was flowing right? Head nod. Right so are you interested in dating me? OMG Wut????!!! Right so do you agree with me that <presenter's name> situation is very very possible?"

I think someone glimpsed enlightenment that day, but in true fashion promptly forgot about it

Tl;dr, my country is BP as fuck