Recent content by MisterMike

It's good for an ego boost, wouldn't say it's helpful for anything more unless you try like Eharmony or something like that. Tinder, for example, had a study that showed only 30% of users ever met up with anyone. Do people get together through OLD? Sure, but it's not a magic bullet. So I say try...

I like OLD, 3+ new women every day only helps my confidence. I just view it as an options generator and don't let it affect anything if I met someone out and about.

That sounds like the old joke about the marine who gets slapped a lot.

This is good advice. What I'm talking about isn't that far into the conversation though it's literally in the opening 2 to 4 four sentences before any of that can take place.

I will absolutely look into that as it sounds very insightful. The situation I've run into seems a bit more strange, it happens rarely but I noticed because it happened twice in one day. I've just encountered about three or four weird situations where it goes something like this. ME: *Opens...

I'm not really into canned openers but perhaps it would be good in a quick paced environment.

Confidence comes with competence and time. You're not pathetic by any means OP, it's human nature to fear leaving your comfort zone. But you know what happens if you don't push yourself out of it? Nothing. Start with some hypnosis tapes and a beginner MMA class. Everyone looks like awful as...

This Chapelle set came to mind.

That's interesting.

I'm noticing women seem to expect a level excitement in a conversation right off the bat. Anyone else experienced this or is just my perception?

Basically, the crux of it is that you can only give a damn about so much, so you need to pick and choose your battles so to speak. It goes into how people perceive themselves as successful or unsuccessful based on their own personal metrics and how those metrics should ideally be framed.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck has some neat ideas in it that I'd recommend.

Yeah, pretty much what I do, but the amount of flakes is just surprising.

So far I'm 4 dates in. A huge amount of girls seemed to be looking for text buddies and don't actually want to meet up. FOBO seems to also be playing a role. I look pretty much just like my profile pic except I'm in a little better shape now.

What can I do to make sure I stand out?