I love the older views.
I was sitting with my 2 mentors/managers on my way to a meeting tonight and they began cracking jokes about their ladies. One of them is married for the 2nd time (bad divorce, but happy to be out, mutual choice), and the other is divorced with a lady he lives with, but wouldn't marry as he has already been married and is over 55.
"Women should be like leasing a car, every few years we trade them in, and get the newest model until we're tired of the old one." ~ J, says.
They remark I'm the 'boytoy' for the older, single, female clients. And sometimes, I just sit back and go "Why do I bother wondering about women AT ALL?"
Here's 2 guys, worth more than $5,000,000, both divorced, and happily found beautiful women later in life that they enjoy and support them MORE than their first wives did.
"D" as I call him, has a wife that does EVERYTHING. She expects the high lifestyle, as "D" willingly provides, but he's the empitomy of C&F master. And "J" has his lady provide all he needs while he does the same. The mutual relationship works wonders. And sitting their, as professionals, I'm dubbed the "dater of bimbettes". Why? Because most girls, at my age of 24 fall into that "looks more than brains" category. It's an addiction I'm working out of my system.
That said...if you have to deal with THAT much bs, why bother at all?
I believe such things work WHEN there's an emotional connection. A girl won't have much reason to wonder about a man unless her feelings are involved, and that's only established by dealing with 'feeling' stype things, i.e. deep conversations, sex, making out, intimacy, or even being unique/unique dates. Up front, I will make the statement women are more prudent about dating. They follow stricter guidelines, and expect to be part of the 'chase', but not stalked.
Yes this approach works, particularly well on X's. Most X's will make an attempt to resurface once, if not twice, just to test their safety net. On the other hand, IME, with dating, it pays more dividends to lay cool than be heated, even if she's buzzing you on time. More often than not, when you're casually dating and getting laid, you got both worlds. At some point, feelings become dominant, and the FWB ends (personal opinion).
I like your style seizing the day.
A-Unit