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[–]danxmason 79 points80 points81 points 15 years ago (12 children) | Copy Link
Most guys get into game to get vagina. Once they have successfully earned their fair share of strange, they begin to understand the sense of dissatisfaction that comes from meaningless sex. They continue the game and evolve it so they can start getting more meaningful relationships with women. At that stage they find themselves torn between their AFC-self and their PUA-persona. Ultimately their relationships fail because they cannot keep up living 2 different identities at the same time.
In the end, they realize that in order to find a deep and meaningful relationship with someone with whom they are truly compatible, they will have to drop the PUA act and simply exude the natural confidence and interests which they have gained through their PUA experience.
Game is training wheels for improving yourself. But using it to find relationships will ultimately end in heart ache.
[–]blackdevildisco9 points 15 years ago [recovered] (3 children) | Copy Link
Agreed, but nota bene: "PUA" means different things to different people. I don't consider myself a "pickup artist," but I do "pick up" girls, and I see both the gimmicky, routine-based style of pickup and the natural, inner-game based style of pickup as different species of the same genus; namely, pickup/seduction/attraction.
So I don't see myself struggling between my AFC self and my "pickup" self. I see myself struggling between my AFC self, the tendency to portray a front via canned lines, and my natural, authentic best self. Pickup/seduction is about the whole process, really.
[–]the_classy_corsair 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
AGREED!
PUA doesn't mean player for everyone. Sure...these techniques could help you out with being a player...
but if you want to meet girls, and DATE them.
This PUA stuff will help you break the ice, and give you a chance with them.
I read these forums like the movie "Hitch" almost...
I don't want to use these techniques to just pick up chicks and then fuck them.
Honestly, I'm not even comfortable with just sleeping around...but I use them to help me get over myself, and really? I've had a lot of fun having a lot of low-stress conversations with women. I don't worry about "closing", just getting to know women.
Sure, I've gotten a fair share of numbers...but really that's about all I look for. If they want to continue on and have a relationship with me, then I'm all for it. If not? I make a new friend generally, and I'm alright with that.
tl;dr: I'm a chump I guess.
[–]blackdevildisco1 points 15 years ago [recovered] (1 child) | Copy Link
Uh, I'm not sure we're actually saying the same thing.
What I'm saying is the term pickup (artist) has different meanings. Some associate it with old school canned material, others understand it more broadly to include newer, more natural approaches as well.
You're saying pickup has different uses. Some use it to get laid more, others use it to get into an LTR. Which is also true. Though IMHO you should have a period where you bang 100 chicks for the practice before you settle down into an LTR, or you'll find whatever skills/attitudes you think you learned here aren't really integrated. Mark Manson said something really perceptive when he wrote that guys who want to bang 100 chicks probably should actually get into a relationship, and guys who want a relationship probably should be out banging 100 chicks.
[–]the_classy_corsair 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Yeah...I probably should just be out banging chicks :P
but...idk...
[–]Cohomotopian 5 points6 points7 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
This is basically "The Game" minus Mystery's whining.
[–]testmypatience4 points 15 years ago [recovered] | Copy Link
Fantastic response
[–]anon10500 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
wow, i understand myself better
[–]OneEyedCheshire 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Absolutely agree with this. Everyone is in PUA for different thing, and I have no qualms with that. For me, personally, I'm not in it to feel like a macho man, talk to everyone in the bar, and pickup a new girl each night. I'm in it because I find it entertaining to practice approaching girls with what I learn here to: 1) have fun, and 2) build my confidence. This with the ultimate goal of being able to approach and talk to girls I am truly interested in, instead of pussying out.
Learning from PUA, my confidence has definitely improved, as has my ability to talk to girls around town. Most of all, I have used little things from PUA to help build attraction when I have found girls I am really into. Simple things like principles of text game, eye contact, kino, and not feeling desperate and being dependent on a single girl (one-itis). These little things (as opposed to some sort of mind-games) have really helped me in my personal life and female interactions, and have helped me offer advice to friends with their relationships.
[–]blueflack 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Danxmason, the part about why "their" relationships fail was very insightful, thanks for posting and contributing.
[–]danxmason 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Yes, I have travelled that road as well.
[–]Saint947 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Dude OH MY FUCKING GOD you're right!! You just explained where I'm at. I have to use my PUA-gained confidence to land the "big fish"
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
This is a fantastic response. Thank. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
[–]Sed5 27 points28 points29 points 15 years ago* (1 child) | Copy Link
TL;DR Are we trying to pick up women, or pick up vaginas?
You're using a loaded question here to imply something about the whole community as a whole. It's "you" as an individual...we do not all share the same goals.
Why do people like you put two extreme sides(false dichotomy) then imply/assume that you cannot have both at the same time.
I go in with 0 expectations of plans. If I like the girl, sure we can have a relationship, maybe a FWB, maybe a non serious thing for a few months..it all depends. What she wants, what I want, and if our ideas are compatible.
People are all different, so you can't have a one track mind when it comes to women or men, they're not objects..they're people man...and hey..if she wants a one night thing..why not?
If she doesn't? That's cool, I'll be upfront about what I want and what I'm looking for when it COMES TO HER personally. If she disagrees, that's cool, if she's interested, that's also good.
I think it's people who have this type of view in the world, where it's either one thing or the other that really misunderstand stuff in life..because this is not how it works.
avery said what I wanted to say below,
"I think your view on sex is a bit off if you think having sex with a girl who wants to have sex with you is "using" her or disrespectful if you aren't emotionally attached with her is wrong.
Sex isn't something you take from a girl, or that she allows you to do to her. It's a mutually enjoyable act. Girls are just as horny as guys, and plenty will enjoy just having sex just like men stereotypically do.
As long as there is nothing incorrectly suggesting that you're interested in a deep relationship with the girl and she's down with that, sex away."
tl;dr The two options are not mutually exclusive, one can track to pick up women but also want a relationship. There's nothing negative about wanting a relationship or a one night thing from a woman. She might enjoy a one night thing and not want a relationship? Who knows.
[–]logrusmage 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Fucking claps for you sir.
[–]ImKumarYo 11 points12 points13 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I think it really depends on the person. Personally I'm not a one night stand type of guy but I'm focusing on same night lays because I want the ability to have it should I so choose. I have no interest in cheating on girls when I'm with them or sleeping with girls for the sake of sleeping with girls. But when I do want to find a woman, whether it be for the night or long term, I want to have as much control over who I get as possible.
[–]razqel 11 points12 points13 points 15 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link
A big focus in the community is sex. The F-close is often regarded as the ultimate goal and the measure of a man's success in the field. The idea of building relationships and forming a connection (i.e., comfort stage stuff) isn't given a lot of attention. When comfort-related stuff is talked about, it's usually done superficially and treated as a means to an end.
I believe part of the reason is this is the strategy most guys have tried in the past and it landed them in the friend zone. A key thing they lacked was the ability to sexually escalate, so resolving this weakness in their game becomes the main focus. They think, "Well, I can get to know a women all I want. I've been doing that for years. Now I want to romance, the flirting, and the sex." (i.e., the stuff that was missing before).
I have to agree with you 100% about the importance of treating women like human beings and with respect. Hence the PUA adage: "Leave a woman better than when you found them." I believe the community in general supports the idea of being non-manipulative.
But guys and girls both have sexual desires. Not everyone wants to form relationships and that's fine. As long as no one mistreats or misleads another, what's the harm in satisfying your sexual needs? Some want just sex, some want a relationship, and some want both.. there really is no issue with that and it's unlikely we'll ever know the true percentage. Again, whatever one's goal, the important thing is to treat women with respect and look after their well-being.
All that aside, I do think it would be good if there was more discussion on Seddit about how to build relationships and an emotional bond with women. A lot of guys assume that once they get the girl the game is over and the relationship part comes easy and naturally. Anyone who's been in a relationship knows that's not true. Every mPUA I asked on the side bar Interview Series agrees that pickup is different than managing/maintaining relationship. Therefore, it's important to learn how to get the girl as well as how to keep her for the long run (if that's your intention).
[–]Sed5 4 points5 points6 points 15 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link
All that aside, I do think it would be good if there was more discussion on Seddit about how to build relationships and an emotional bond with women. A lot of guys assume that once they get the girl the game is over and the relationship part comes easy and naturally. Anyone who's been in a relationship knows that's not true.
I definitely agree.
[–]Lead ModeratorThrowawayPUA 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link
I think we do deal with these issues. I often talk about "relationship management" and how your approach to seducing a girl will set her expectations for the type of relationship you will have. So a guy who spends several dates building comfort without attempting the fclose is telling the girl he wants a LTR (whether he intends to deliver this message is a different matter).
And then there are all sorts of other issues that come up early in a seduction that will set the tone for the whole relationship. If you let a girl walk all over you, early in the game, you're screwed. But if you make her qualify, set expectations, and punish unacceptable behavior, you are going to be able to take the relationship wherever you want.
I see lots of discussion on relationships throughout various pickup materials. I often point them out. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Instead of complaining that there isn't enough material on relationships and emotional connections with women, go find some and POST IT to seddit.
[–]razqel 2 points3 points4 points 15 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
Fully agree with the first two paragraphs. The expectations you set up early on dictate the type of relationship you get later on.
The majority of posts I see are "how do I get this new girl?" and less of applying seduction theory once someone gets into a relationship. Approaches are a huge hurdle for people, so the front end stuff like opening and approaches get a lot of attention. That's understandable since pickup typically focuses on the beginning of relationships.
Yes, there is discussion about relationships on Seddit and in the community in general. Never said there wasn't. I was suggesting that having more of it is positive to the community and encouraging others to seek it out. No harm in that. I rarely submit links on the front page, but I regularly contribute a fair amount of advice about relationships and direct others to resources where they can learn more. Candle lit. No hypocrisy here.
[–]SubGothius 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
The "How do I get this girl?" posts are simple cases of Oneitis. The difference between that vs. finding someone with whom you can imagine spending the rest of your life (or at least the foreseeable future) is a matter of when you conclude she may be "the one" -- before you've even met, dated or established an ongoing relationship with her (Oneitis), or realizing only after all that's already transpired with a gal that, "Holy cow, this is actually working out, and I want things to keep working this well with this gal" (not Oneitis).
I've been wondering if maybe we need to use a term distinct from seduction for the related but distinct concept of finding, building and maintaining an actual relationship with a potential life-mate -- courtship, perhaps? Seduction, as a word and in practice, seems primarily concerned with meeting more women and having more of them fall for you sufficient to establish physical intimacy, but in connotation and many aspects of practice, it's rather a poor fit for the concept and objective of finding someone compatible enough for a long-term relationship, and of meeting that gal on a basis sound enough to become an actual relationship.
[–]Lead ModeratorThrowawayPUA 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Yeah, I've been thinking that some topics tend to dominate discussion (especially the noob type) but interesting sub-discussions appear lower in the thread, where hardly anyone will ever see them. So it might be good to single out these discussions with a post of their own.
[–]blackdevildisco1 point 15 years ago [recovered] | Copy Link
Yeah, I appreciated the upvotes and comments on that relationshipy AskSeddit post I made the other day.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Just adding in here, you sound nice as fuck. On behalf of the many women who will not appreciate this, thank you.
Hahaha
Sound nice as fuck
I try to be... but really, deep down, I'm a little bit of an asshole. Thanks, though.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
This is the best post I've seen on here in a long time.
That said, I just want to get laid. I make it pretty clear as well towards girls. I do not go for a deep connection with most girls, I only approach them sexually. I get laid regularly and have multiple fuckbuddies.
Why? Because I want to live my life like this. I don't want to get tied up in another relationship. I don't want to make someone fall in love with me. I am a whole person just by being myself. In the current stage of my life it is better to be single and to fuck around.
There is this girl. She's great. Hot, funny, chill, just awesome. But she's also just my friend. She is one of my best friends. But because I know that we have a close connection, I don't fuck her. I know I could at any time, but I don't. Why? Because I know with the connection we have, I would only end up hurting her.
I just want to make it clear that there must be a distinction. If someone just wants sex and is also clear, honest and fair about this to women then I think it should be no problem. I do not lead women on and I do not hurt anyone and I still manage to maintain complete control over my own life while having sex regularly. Women are also very often open to having such relationships, especially when they are still younger and don't want to get attached either. The only distinction is that you have to make this clear from early on. The ones who are not okay with it, will fade away. The ones who are okay with it, will stick with you.
[–]Casual-T 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I'd like to pick up a girl for who they are and to build a relationship with. I am definitely not in it completely for sex.
[–]HellloYouu 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
...has a girl friend at home (I've never been polyamorous).
FTFY
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Thanks. I didn't know that word.
[–]edubation 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I love women, I want to meet and spend intimate time with many of them. Sex is a part of it, but its not all of it. I want to know and drink in their full personality, feel their touch and hear their laughs.
Getting laid is super easy, just go hang at bars. Playing the game is different.
[–]lostmessage256 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Whatever your endgame, the opening boils down to the same elements. That's what seddit is here for.
[–]Nexism 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Your friend is a fucking idiot.
and you, are misinformed.
/r/seduction is about teaching non-naturals conversational skills (fundamentally) and help them develop a sense of confidence and fortify their identity (inner game).
[e] You'll realise most well achieved PUA's don't pick up for the goal of sex, but rather to interact. Sex is merely a bonus.
[–]throwaway-o 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link
So he is in an "open relationship" where his girlfriend gets to fuck around and he gets to twiddle his thumbs.
LOL.
That's not an "open relationship". That's an abusive relationship, where the chick gets what he wants from him and gets game from other men, while this guy is losering around being played by that woman.
This is why the vast majority of "open relationships" don't work. Unless you're a bona fide player, the woman ALWAYS gets to fuck around whenever she wants, while the man gets dirt.
Why? Quite simply, because almost all men are down to fuck with strangers, even ugly ones (ensuring a steady supply of meat for the cock carousel that sluts want to ride) while almost no (self-respecting) woman is down to fuck with a stranger (because the one who is saddled with a stray kid is her, not the stranger that erupted a volcano of man juice in her cunt).
This whole "men are equal to women" (in rights) has spilled so much into the camp of "men are equal to women" (in mental constitution) that people have absolutely forgotten the basic fact that women are hypergamous while men are polygamous. As I said earlier, unless you are a master player, "open relationships" are inevitably an arrangement in which the woman gets to be dicked by multiple men (usually of higher mate value than the chump boyfriend) while the man twiddles his thumbs.
Your roommate being a perfect example.
Don't teach him shit. He needs to ride this shit out and understand in his own flesh the magnitude of the mistake he made (which he made for a REASON embedded in his pysche). Only after he has understood it, will he ever be ready to actually game.
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Wow, no wonder chicks like you. If I had to guess you're intelligent, thoughtful, good hearted, and moderately to pretty handsome. Good on you for a killer combo, many men who don't have to work for girls (which it sounds like you dont) don't ever develop anything relating to a sensitivity or concern for them. I have often wondered simillar things about this subreddit. I don't understand this infatuation to study and follow PUA's and develop a step by step strategem meant to basically prey or manipulate the female psyche into giving you pussy. The girls are rated on a scale based simply upon looks, which is indicative of the fact that the dudes are really just trying to exploit the best looking pussy they can with this strategy. They apparently spend countless hours studying how to kino (dont know what that is), how to escalate, change venues, they spend HOURS to study this shit like a science (and it is), post on here what happened and what went wrong. In the end its just fucking pussy (being thats all mostare after). A pussy that's also a person. Why put it on this pedastool as some golden goal or achievement. How retarded are you if you measure your self or you satisfaction in life based upon how many hb whatevers you smashed. These are people, just like me, they arent better or worse than me, they are humans. If I cant be 100percent myself and she want to sleep with me, who the fuck cares. It wasn't right, or it was her loss for her inabillity to accurately assess me, and why would I want to fuck a shallow or dumb chick no matter how fine? I just dont get how these dudes are so hung up on pussy, how it can mean that much to them. It's completely contrary to the principles of evolution to seek mates based on one shallow criteria, even if your intention is not to procreate, 200 thousand years of history should affect their sexual preferences, but it doesn't. Honestly I see these men as the weak in the herd, they are so blinded by superficial concerns, many of them have the illusion (and many who wish to take their women are under the same illusion) that they are Alpha males. Big muscles, nice features, fucking the finest women you see, others using Kino or whatever other tactics to chase hb this or that trying to get what these fake alpha males have that they think they want. Pure weakness in my eyes, the Alpha male locks up the best/strongest/fittest girls, and those are sometimes hb9, but sometimes they arent. The alpha male acts on visceral primal urges that he cannot stray from, not superficial things society has told him make him look good. He's not trying to trick or seduce anyone, when he wants to fuck, he wants the whole woman for who she is, what she stands for and represents, and her compilated worth. This is primal and visceral attraction that reaches back into time, and it is also damn near the requirement for the best sex. Without this attraction the sex is as superficial and as useless the game. Its just a girl fellas, be yourself, get to know them, treat em like people, fuck some if they like you as you are, dont if they don't. By treating it like this golden amazing prize which must be studied and played perfectly to acquire you hand over all power and control to someone else. Those are the actions of the weak, not the strong.
I don't consider myself very good looking, although I know how to dress decently, I'm in good shape (even if I look scrawny), and I'm confident in my abilities as a man. I also grew up with a lot of women around. Cousins. Aunties. Friends. They were everywhere. I guess I learned a lot from them. Things like how women tend to react in different situations, how big of a factor their emotions are, and just generally how to be comfortable around them. If I got nervous every time one of my cousins' or sister's cute friends came around, I would not have had time for anything else.
While I agree with a lot of what you're saying, I can;t help but get a feeling of anger and resentment from you. Reading back on my original post, I see how it could misinterpreted as me being upset with these guys who are just DTF. I don't hold any anger or resentment for them, I just don't understand how they can treat a woman like nothing more than a warm orifice. It's a foreign concept to me.
I also do not agree with the HB# system. I understand that HB is supposed to mean something like "Hot Body" or something similar, but I find this disrespectful in that it lessens tha value of the woman, reducing her worth solely to her physical appearance. Physical attraction usually is the first thing that will bring two people together, but it needs to be more than that. I've met plenty of women who are 4's physically, but 9's in terms of personality and intellect. I've also met women who are 9's physically, but 2's or 3's when it comes to personality and intellect.
As some of the other people here have said: it's a matter of personal preference. Some guys do just wanna bang a hot chick, for whatever reason. Other guys want to see if they can have more involved relationships. There's nothing wrong with either, it's just different.
As for the alpha male thing... Alpha males can be trained or born. Some people become alpha through sheer dominance. They beat others into submission, then work on appearing to not do anything and give the impression of being natural leaders. Others just do it naturally. They walk into a situation, take charge (usually with a subtle approach), and just naturally move forward from there.
Both will control situations, both will usually get what they want, and both will be considered alpha. They just have different methods. One is not more right or wrong than the other. The natural does it with no effort and does not need to force anyone. The learned asserts his dominance and has to continually re-assert. The natural can appear weak to learned alphas, and may be challenged regularly, while the learned tends to be physically intimidating, thus warding off most potential challengers. Neither is right or wrong, just very different.
[–]wafflepancakes10 points 15 years ago* [recovered] (7 children) | Copy Link
Your TL;DR is incorrect. It's not "we" as you are thinking. It's "you" as an individual.
As for your question, I know 3 guys that I hangout with regularly that just want pussy, and that's it. I'm included. We're all in our mid 20's.
Edit: Only on Reddit would I get down voted in a seduction sub-reddit for stating the opinion that I only want to get laid. Good one guys, I admit I chuckled.
Tons of white knights trolling seddit lately. Anything outside the stereotypical disney relationship is not okay.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 15 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link
After reading some of the replies, I have to apologize. Everyone is out for something different. I was narrowminded in my view point. I do honestly believe it's disrespectful to use a woman strictly for sex and not give a damn about who she is as a person... but just because that's my belief does not mean I'm right. So on behalf of everyone, I apologize. You do your thing, brother.
[–]averynicehat 7 points8 points9 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
I think your view on sex is a bit off if you think having sex with a girl who wants to have sex with you is "using" her or disrespectful if you aren't emotionally attached with her.
As long as there is nothing incorrectly suggesting that you're interested in a deep relationship with the girl and she's down with that, sex away.
[–]Sed5 2 points3 points4 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I definitely agree with this.
His question assumes that men are "taking" something from women in some way..
I wouldn't agree with that at all.
[–]wafflepancakes0 points 15 years ago* [recovered] (2 children) | Copy Link
It's all good man. It's not so much that I don't give a damn about who they are as people, but admittedly I'm not taking them out to dinner or buying them flowers, lol. With that said, I do eventually want to settle down with a woman, just not right now in my life.
The beauty about doing this friends with benefits type of thing is that I don't have to pay for everything. I don't need to buy flowers or gifts. I just be me and pay half the time. and I don't have to settle for anyone.
[–]testmypatience2 points 15 years ago [recovered] | Copy Link
I think that your situation is awesome
[–]Dantai 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Hey could you tell me how to maintain a friendship with a girl you have slept with, or are intimate with such as you described.
I am currently in that situation with one girl I have started seeing, but I don't see myself committing to her. She is cool and all, and I consider her a friend for sure and not as a person I would "just want to fuck them and be done with it." But I would like to keep it stable and see other girls in the meantime.
TLDR. I don't know what I want in a relationship, yet, want to keep dating/sleeping/getting to know various women, but maintain stability with girls I've slept with in the same manner as you have.
Dude, honesty. That's it. Not all girls go for it, of course, but you might be surprised at how many are okay with it.
My policy is always open and honest communication. Works wonders. I love spending time with women. Haha
[–]chumpta 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
people are different, i don't see what's so hard about that
[–]germ994 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Single guys have the time to (considerately) get to know a lady and spend that quality time with her to appreciate her, fuck her, then move on and rationalize it all in nostalgia. Guys in relationships (open, exclusive, or married) don't have that kind of time to devote, need to keep it under the table, and therefore think its affable by nature of men to quickly meet and bang as many ladies as possible.
[–]GuildMonkey 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I'm here for a little bit of both, I've noticed that I've been better with women in all aspects but I'd still like to get some every once in a while.
[–]-shaughn- -1 points0 points1 point 15 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link
I don't get how the fuck a lot of you sedditors have all this time to be just hanging out with women, going to clubs regularly, et cetera. I would think if anything, the idea of a hookup is that it requires minimal time investment.
I mean, it's neat to learn a couple things on here to give yourself an edge, but some of you spend so much time I don't get the point. Like you, OP: how bored do you have to be that you so regularly entertain guests you are not interested in?
Just because I'm not interested in sleeping with them does not mean I'm not interested in who they are as people. This has become a way for me to develop intimate friendships with multiple women. What is wrong with that?
I have a stable job that allows me to pay all my bills on time and gives me plenty of play money. I work 40 hours a week, technically, but really only work about 30 on average.
I still take the time to work out, I visit my parents almost everyday to see how my mom and dad are, I keep up my other friendships, play basketball when I want, visit family friends when I want, and basically do whatever I want whenever I want.
So why do you sound angry that I have this free time? I've gotten very lucky. I was able to climb up from rock bottom and now I'm enjoying it. I worked my ass off to get where I am and I will not be ashamed about my position.
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[–]-shaughn- 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
I guess I just don't see what you get out of an intimate friendship, with men or women. It sounds like you give up a lot of time to essentially entertain people. Which is one of my biggest beefs with casual dating, even when it does result in just sex.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
I enjoy spending time with people. I don't generally like to watch movies or read books on my own. The benefit of these relationships is that I get to do these things with people in close proximity, and discuss afterwards. And due to the closeness of our relationship, we don't worry about offending one another with our opinions or thoughts.
I don't give up, I just don't believe in sleeping with someone I don't want to sleep with. And this whole set up is essentially a selfish endevour. I do it for me. Because I enjoy it. If I can make them feel good in the process, then so be it.
Usually, though, if a girl wants to get serious, I send her on her way. That's not what I want and it'd be wrong to keep her from finding that with someone else.
[–]-shaughn- 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Maybe it's just a case of difference in lifestyle. I work, full-time, in finance. I'm also full-time in professional school (doing my studies during evenings and weekends). 99% of my time is for my career and that 1% is for play. Social events I use as networking events for business. I already am eating with people and discussing abstract ideas on company time. You network by being interesting and getting people to like you.
The idea of spending what free time I have building a friendship that gives no benefit just seems strange to me because I suppose I have no need for one. I've come to the mindset that it's merely an exercise to get people to do what I want. There's so much of it that on some days it's exhausting as it is. You can only discuss things so many times.
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