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13 Jan 2008, 3:20 pm

My two cents on this PUA crap - say you follow these techniques and you get the girl. How much respect can you truly have for her knowing she fell for some cheap tricks you read in a book? Aren't you always going to have a nagging voice telling you that if she was halway intelligent she would have seen right through you?



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13 Jan 2008, 3:24 pm

sarahstilettos wrote:
Aren't you always going to have a nagging voice telling you that if she was halway intelligent she would have seen right through you?


I don't think finding an intelligent girl is the goal of most of these guys.



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13 Jan 2008, 3:32 pm

juliekitty wrote:
sarahstilettos wrote:
Aren't you always going to have a nagging voice telling you that if she was halway intelligent she would have seen right through you?


I don't think finding an intelligent girl is the goal of most of these guys.


If I'd managed to spell that sentence correctly I think it would have made my arguement a little stronger. Whoops.

But yes, you're right, maybe I was being a little bit naive. Still, I'd want to warn anyone that dating someone you don't actually like is a great big strength sapping waste of time.



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13 Jan 2008, 5:05 pm

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you discover that it's nothing more than a common sense stuff and hard-to-apply theories.

Pretty much. Part of the problem is that it is very easy to misapply or misinterpret the advice given by these things. Being an aspie and interpreting it all literally does not help at all.
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hire an escort. After one visit wit hher, my confidence improved dramatically, although it's nowhere near the level of a PUA. In other words, a 1-hour visit helped me as much as two years of reading a bunch of junk, and it costs the same amount.

Therein lies the problem: You can read as much as you want, but it doesn't mean s**t if you can't apply or it don't have any experience.

My advice to guys here is: lose your virginity if you haven't already, try to have basic social skills, groom yourself, try and be more outgoing, talk to random girls (especially in the service industry), and at least be around women if you can't hang out with them. Then, try and aim to meet a girl who you can date and learn from(don't be too picky about looks, just start somewhere). Relationship skills are tough, and the vast majority of us didn't learn them in our teen years like most NT people do. This is a huge deficit for us. This is way more important than becoming a "player" or "PUA" (which you never will anyways).



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13 Jan 2008, 5:23 pm

Just another perspective on the losing your virginity thing. Sex can be a miserable experience as well as a fantastic one and tossing your virginity away on the former, as I did, is no use to you at all. It makes you feel a bit cheap, a bit angry with yourself that you threw a piece of yourself away. Who decides that it's such an awful thing to be a virgin? Not the kind of person that you'd eventually want to be involved with.

The rest of that paragraph I can see where you're coming from except..

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talk to random girls (especially in the service industry),


Whaaaa?



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13 Jan 2008, 7:08 pm

I see where you guys come from, and I think I failed to explain where I, personally come from.

I, myself, am different than most "PUAs" out there. I tell you (And this is from experience, and testing), most of those guys who teach pick up are pathetic jokes. Just like not everyone on this earth is the same, not all PUAs are the same.

Many of the TRUE, legitimate, PUAs dont even depend on routines, gimmicks, weird clothing, or canned material to get a girl.

The underlying principles (Self-confidence, building an improved lifestyle, positive mindset, etc...), are what it's really all about, especially the lifestyle part. I'll admit, I started with the outrageous clothes, the negs, the storytelling, etc..., but really, those things are meant to show you the underlying principles in disguise. When you finally understand what bigger picture is, that is when the true meaning of pick up emerges.

I'm no gimmick man. I dont put on elaborate shows or do scripted routines. A true PUA outgrows the use of those "Training wheels" (As I like to call them), and is able to use their improved personality to compete with the rest out there.

Hope that clears the confusion. Think of the fact that there are 2 types of PUAs: Legit, and fake, just like there's 2 types of people, or 2 types of identical shirts.



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14 Jan 2008, 1:25 am

sarahstilettos wrote:
Who decides that it's such an awful thing to be a virgin? Not the kind of person that you'd eventually want to be involved with.

Nothing wrong with being a virgin but it can help certain people if they just lose it.
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The rest of that paragraph I can see where you're coming from except..

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talk to random girls (especially in the service industry),


Whaaaa?

Talk to the girl at the counter at SubWay, or the bookstore, the coffeeshop... just make an exchange, try and make them laugh, be weird, whatever... just get used to talking to women you don't know, at least a little.



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14 Jan 2008, 1:40 am

sarahstilettos wrote:
Just another perspective on the losing your virginity thing. Sex can be a miserable experience as well as a fantastic one and tossing your virginity away on the former, as I did, is no use to you at all. It makes you feel a bit cheap, a bit angry with yourself that you threw a piece of yourself away.

I disagree. I viewed my virginity as a giant albatross around my neck. It held me back a lot, because it made me feel like a loser; I didn't lose it until the ripe old age of 22. So I was glad to get rid of my virginity, even though it was with an escort. Then again, maybe it's the difference of male vs. female; women tend to view it as a "piece of themselves", while men tend to view it as an "albatross around their neck".



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14 Jan 2008, 8:56 am

'albatross around their neck'

That is a new one on me. Do you say 'will you take my albatross? :D

@Blackbull I don't have anything against you personally. I'll take your word for it that you are genuine. I'm still not into this whole player/PUA lifestyle.



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14 Jan 2008, 10:51 am

Aspie1 wrote:
sarahstilettos wrote:
Just another perspective on the losing your virginity thing. Sex can be a miserable experience as well as a fantastic one and tossing your virginity away on the former, as I did, is no use to you at all. It makes you feel a bit cheap, a bit angry with yourself that you threw a piece of yourself away.

I disagree. I viewed my virginity as a giant albatross around my neck. It held me back a lot, because it made me feel like a loser; I didn't lose it until the ripe old age of 22. So I was glad to get rid of my virginity, even though it was with an escort. Then again, maybe it's the difference of male vs. female; women tend to view it as a "piece of themselves", while men tend to view it as an "albatross around their neck".


Au contraire, my cousin has just proposed to his long term girlfriend, he is twenty three/twenty four? I think? And they are both virgins. They are waiting to be married. I wouldn't have gone to that extreme, just telling the anecdote to show that the male/female difference is not so cut and dried.



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14 Jan 2008, 11:48 am

Ok I found this. You learn something every day:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_o ... nt_Mariner

It seems the context at which it is used is a misinterpretation of the poem. He only metaphorically wears the bird across his neck. It actually plunges in to the sea and burden signifies his guilt of having shot it down.



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14 Jan 2008, 1:37 pm

I am;

a Pessimistic Underachieving Aspie.



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14 Jan 2008, 1:54 pm

psych wrote:
I am;

a Pessimistic Underachieving Aspie.

lols

How's it going psych?

I'm afraid I took the evil otter off my desktop and put it to bed. I have a julian opie pic instead.



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14 Jan 2008, 2:22 pm

0_equals_true wrote:
lols

How's it going psych?

I'm afraid I took the evil otter off my desktop and put it to bed. I have a julian opie pic instead.


Yeah, im doing alright thanks.

*googles julian opie*

yes, i can see how they would be appealing after having gazed upon my twisted visage for so long!



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14 Jan 2008, 2:56 pm

Back in the day when I found the seduciton community, about 3 years ago, I'd tell the guys in the seduction forums that I felt the material we were learning did not apply to me, and that I was so dysfunctional I did not even qualify to be called an AFC. They did not believe me. They told me it was all in my head and that I had a bad attitude. Guess what? A few months ago I learned I could have Asperger's and that's when I learned I was probably right.

But, I do thank the seduction community for helping me understand how women think. I finally understood why I'm not a ladies' man. At least now I understand what I do wrong when I meet women.



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01 Nov 2009, 4:05 pm

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The PUA stuff on the internet is mostly junk. About five years ago, I thought that stuff would help me. So I ended up spending nearly $300 over the course of a few years on the numerous books and CDs I purchased. And guess what? Only 10% or so of the information in them was truly useful. I still have them sitting around my apartment, taking up space. Those books and CDs meant to really help you; well, maybe a little bit. The advertising is meant to strike a nerve, so you'd get riles up or excited, and buy the product. But when it arrives, you discover that it's nothing more than a common sense stuff and hard-to-apply theories.

In 2005, I decided that I was never meant to be a PUA, and did what I previously thought was unthinkable: hire an escort. After one visit wit hher, my confidence improved dramatically, although it's nowhere near the level of a PUA. In other words, a 1-hour visit helped me as much as two years of reading a bunch of junk, and it costs the same amount. Just my 2 cents.

It's better to hire an escort,rather than spending money on being a PUA.If any any man wants to go to a seminary of PUAs,it will cost around $2000.To me that's a waste of money I'd rather spend on an escort for myself or something else.Another thing for all the men who are struggling to attract women.Here's my advice,the only pick-up artist a men should be concern with,is by being themselves!Is like reading books on how to loose weight and leads to a crash diet.