Here is a question I think we have all had. Have any of you ever been in a beta relationship with a woman that treated you badly, and then recovered and re-established an alpha position? And made it work? I'm not looking for third hand stories, I'm looking for first hand.

I mean, I think we have all been in a position where a woman treated us badly and we threatened to leave, and the woman cleaned up her behavior for a little while, but they usually go back to being bad.

We've also probably been in a situation where we re-established alpha status and then fuck it up on our own by becoming clingy or beta again.

What I'm interested in is if somebody has actually re-established alpha status and made it stick without messing it up.

Now I know the right answer to this question is that if a woman treats you badly you should leave her and never look back. You shouldn't be trying to re-establish alpha status with somebody who has already disrespected you. And you should never marry somebody or engage in a long term relationship with somebody who has treated you like a beta. I agree with that. I'm more interested in this question as an academic question. Is it ever possible? Or once somebody puts you in the "beta" category is it over for you?