One of the major shifts I noticed within myself, since swallowing TRP, is how my whole approach to socializing changed.

I used to think I had Social Anxiety. It's such a nice term I used to throw around to hamster my social ineptitude, and how poorly I used to behave and present myself among people.

As I have much more social awareness now, and understanding of underlying social dynamics, I currently SEEK uncomfortable social gatherings, just to see how well I'd do, and how far I'd be along the social hierarchy of the gathering.

The thing about socializing is that, if you're on the short end of the stick (a person whose input and opinion are not valued by the group), you will dread social interactions and wallow further in a self imposed exile from people. It's also why social people can do this shit so very easily. They are part of a self-reinforcing positive loop. If you're valued, respected, and your presence is viewed in a positive light, of course you'll want to socialize more. If you behave like a retard and are ignored, bullied (can be in very subtle ways), and disrespected, of course you'll want to have no part of that shit.

Which brings us to the main point: Although TRP's primordial focus is sexual strategy, but the acquired tools will help you get stronger in all areas of life. Whereas I used to be extremely uncomfortable with being with people who did not have a lot of common interests with me, I relish the experience now, just to see what happens. It gets better when your newfound internal strength is met by external validation and respect from others.

Today, I have been invited to a dinner/toast at a friends' residence. It's a bit of a formal-ish gathering, and the people there will generally have high Social Value. Professionally I'm along the least accomplished among the invitees, and will be there because I'm the childhood friend of the host.

I've been to a couple of these things before, last one being a couple years ago, and I used to behave retardedly. Whenever I'd get a bit of female attention I'd completely shut down because I didnt know how to handle it. Today I'm going with a different mindset. I'm redpilled, I'm confident, I' Relax, talk to the people, have fun, and see what happens. Will be interesting seeing a gathering I've been to a couple of times before, only this time I will be seeing things from the Red Pill lenses.

UPDATE: I overestimated the gathering. It was just a few friends gathered for pizza and alcohol and was not the formal setting I expected to be. Still, I saw many TRP principles applied.

At some point, an HB4 (at best) got drunk and singled out three guys to hit on. I was among them. She got physical with me the most and started touching me and shit. I wanted no part of her because I thought she was acting desperate, and she wasn't good looking at all. Still I played along with her just for the sake of it, while not taking her seriously at all. So did the other guys. The interesting thing is that one of the dudes she was bantering with failed every shittest of hers, she started really disrespecting him and treat him like utter shit. While an out-of-shape dude who she was ignoring at first kept frame, so she started conversing with him more. When she got flirty with me I told her to get in line if she's not comfortable in sharing me with three other girls. She couldn't keep her hands off me. Quite honestly if she was better looking I'd have gone for it but she was damn ugly. What I noticed is that guys (myself included) show mercy towards low-SMV women. Women, on the other hand, show absolutely no mercy to low-SMV guys. I don't wanna overanalyze the whole thing, but it's crazy how TRP fundamentals pretty much apply everywhere.