I started reading trp in 2015-2016. I’ll admit, this place has changed and the quality of content has went down, but that is not what this thread is about.

I hardly read trp or related material anymore and have long since implemented many of the principles into my life. I am by no means there, and finances are still something I need to work on, and I’m by no means chad...but I started out 24 y/o factory rat, living in a dirty basement apartment with a Pokémon collector getting drunk as hell every weekend never see the inside of a gym. and now I live on my own, in the gym 5 days a week and have a bright future, a couple different career paths I could take, and many options on starting businesses within the next few years if I play my cards right.

I have a friend. I’m not gonna call him beta cuz I learned to not do that or judge, but he is a cuck. His wife bangs a doctor and he’s a teacher. I’ve known him my entire fucking life.

Today he was over here, and he was telling me my dreams are ridiculous...last time I saw him, he asked me what my ideal woman would be. I said hot, 8/10 or 9/10, loyal, acts feminine/pleasant and cleans. Let’s me take the occasional acid trip and doesn’t care that I smoke herb. (I didn’t say this but in my head that’s definitely not even a question, because why would someone Im in an ltr with give a shit if I dropped acid once or twice a year?) That’s it, doesn’t have to even cook for me, I’ll cook for myself.

He went on this outrageous rant today about how vile that is and how it will never happen, how I’m living a 1950s fantasy. “No women’s gonna let you drop acid, and she’ll be too focused on work to wash the dishes!” This is all based around the fact that his woman fucks other men, but if she catches him smoking pot more than twice a week he’s “grounded”

I think this is completely ridiculous, reason being I have several friends who have ltrs like what I stated or similar, obviously with flaws but every relationship does. Stay attractive and be loyal over everything else, plan for the future. He called me shallow for wanting somebody attractive and loyal, and said I will never get out of the player mindset and settle down, and than suggested I settle down with the ugliest girl we went to highschool with because “she would worship me”

Now I know there’s lots of talk about how a unicorn doesn’t exist, but am I really in the wrong here? I just thought this was a basic relationship. I’m not looking for any Instagram queens here, when I said 8/10 I’m talking on a local scale and it’s not like we live in the middle of LA or something (also what I’m attracted to is skewed, not into “thick” girls or whatever, many of the girls I’m attracted to many dudes think are too skinny)...I just think my friend is a loser cuck.

I’m curious, is this really hard to achieve?

I’m 28, I’m young but getting older, I actually feel like a man now. I’ve played around for a bit and would like to meet someone to settle with in a few years. I work on myself and make money daily. Are my expectations too high in 2020?

And of course, I’ll always remember, it’s just my turn, but I’d like to get out of player mode at some point, it’s unfulfilling. And my uncles did it, and they’re a bunch of bitter old drunks.

And yes, I know some will say that what I want is impossible, but I believe that’s incel bs, I’ve seen it pulled off a few times.