Desdinova
Master Don Juan
- Joined
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As some of you may know, I joined a local Men's Support Group. I'm all in favour for something like this, and I personally needed it myself while going through my health struggles. There's a lot of great topics that get covered in this group, so it's kind of like a refresher course on keeping positive and moving ahead. Some of the guest speakers have been excellent. There are a few rules with this group:
- Don't give voluntary advice
- What's discussed in the group stays in the group
- No Woman Bashing
One of the problems I see in this group is people struggling with their significant others. It's fvcking brutal to watch them make a ton of mistakes with their GFs and wives and go through repeated heartbreak and frustration. I honestly think that the topic NEEDS to be addressed because all the men are scared of talking about their relationship problems. I approached the leaders of the group with the idea of having a discourse on how to interact with women and make relationships successful. They weren't very receptive of the idea, so I told them I'd develop a discourse, record it to video, and then have them critique it and see if it's something that could be used. They agreed to that idea.
So I went to work. I jotted down notes on the absolute basics of interacting with women (including dating), left out all the PUA lingo, included a LOT of mindset suggestion to help cope with the various things that women will throw one's way, included my experience descending down a rabbit hole along with a brief summary of becoming successful with women, mentioned how many decades I've invested into understanding women, and then ran it to video. I then sent it to a couple of the co-ordinators.
Today I received a response from one of the co-ordinators. My discourse has been rejected. I'm not exactly surprised by the decision given how much AFCs reject any kind of logical approaches when interacting with women. Here's how our conversation went:
Co-ordinator: Hey, watched your video. We're going to have to pass on it when it comes to the group. I think it came off the wrong way that we're trying to run the group. We're trying to respect others, not trick them.
Me: Ok, no problem.
Co-ordinator: Sorry,
Me: It's all good. I shouldn't have a problem finding someone who will utilize it. It won't be going to waste.
Co-ordinator: It was pretty degrading to women to be honest just not a good fit for guys that are trying to create healthy relationships
Me: Again, not a problem. I'm not going to debate your opinion on it.
I'm a bit amazed that he thought my discourse was "degrading" to women. If standing up for yourself and not putting up with bad behavior from a female human is "degrading", then I shall wish him good luck on his new marriage. He's going to need it. The fact that he kept itching to tell me how degrading it was to women was interesting. In our group, this guy has shared that he likes to fight, but he wasn't going to get that with me. I accepted my rejection by utilizing the advice that I had given in the video... End all discussion and move on. That discourse is my own personal roadmap. I represented it, even when taking the rejection of the discourse itself.
As for the group, this hasn't deterred me from attending. There's still a lot of good to be had, and there's still a lot of guys to help. I'm currently on a new path to get my health issues treated, so things are on an upward trend. Living well is the best revenge, so perhaps it's time for me to start communicating to the group how damn great my nearly decade-long LTR is going. I don't have a reason to bash women, so I might as well praise the one that I'm with
Also, if anyone out there has a podcast or a youtube channel on the subject of dating, I have a nice powerpoint presentation about interacting with women which I'll be happy to let you use for free. Just send me a PM if you're interested
- Don't give voluntary advice
- What's discussed in the group stays in the group
- No Woman Bashing
One of the problems I see in this group is people struggling with their significant others. It's fvcking brutal to watch them make a ton of mistakes with their GFs and wives and go through repeated heartbreak and frustration. I honestly think that the topic NEEDS to be addressed because all the men are scared of talking about their relationship problems. I approached the leaders of the group with the idea of having a discourse on how to interact with women and make relationships successful. They weren't very receptive of the idea, so I told them I'd develop a discourse, record it to video, and then have them critique it and see if it's something that could be used. They agreed to that idea.
So I went to work. I jotted down notes on the absolute basics of interacting with women (including dating), left out all the PUA lingo, included a LOT of mindset suggestion to help cope with the various things that women will throw one's way, included my experience descending down a rabbit hole along with a brief summary of becoming successful with women, mentioned how many decades I've invested into understanding women, and then ran it to video. I then sent it to a couple of the co-ordinators.
Today I received a response from one of the co-ordinators. My discourse has been rejected. I'm not exactly surprised by the decision given how much AFCs reject any kind of logical approaches when interacting with women. Here's how our conversation went:
Co-ordinator: Hey, watched your video. We're going to have to pass on it when it comes to the group. I think it came off the wrong way that we're trying to run the group. We're trying to respect others, not trick them.
Me: Ok, no problem.
Co-ordinator: Sorry,
Me: It's all good. I shouldn't have a problem finding someone who will utilize it. It won't be going to waste.
Co-ordinator: It was pretty degrading to women to be honest just not a good fit for guys that are trying to create healthy relationships
Me: Again, not a problem. I'm not going to debate your opinion on it.
I'm a bit amazed that he thought my discourse was "degrading" to women. If standing up for yourself and not putting up with bad behavior from a female human is "degrading", then I shall wish him good luck on his new marriage. He's going to need it. The fact that he kept itching to tell me how degrading it was to women was interesting. In our group, this guy has shared that he likes to fight, but he wasn't going to get that with me. I accepted my rejection by utilizing the advice that I had given in the video... End all discussion and move on. That discourse is my own personal roadmap. I represented it, even when taking the rejection of the discourse itself.
As for the group, this hasn't deterred me from attending. There's still a lot of good to be had, and there's still a lot of guys to help. I'm currently on a new path to get my health issues treated, so things are on an upward trend. Living well is the best revenge, so perhaps it's time for me to start communicating to the group how damn great my nearly decade-long LTR is going. I don't have a reason to bash women, so I might as well praise the one that I'm with
Also, if anyone out there has a podcast or a youtube channel on the subject of dating, I have a nice powerpoint presentation about interacting with women which I'll be happy to let you use for free. Just send me a PM if you're interested
