Originally posted by county
Hey,
I'm trying to figure out how most people get girlfriends. To anyone who wants to divulge their experiences, tell me.
I'm not talking about one nighters or party sex or anything like that.
Serious girlfriends.
Did you ask them out as a bf/gf?
Or did you go on several dates and it developed?
Hi.
You might want to spend some time reading stuff here. Have you checked out the DJ Bible yet? It ain;t perfect but it covers this well.
To supplement your research:
I find that LTR's just happen. They ideally should start out by dating first.
The idea is that you are constantly dating multiple new women. You are constantly meeting new girls and deciding if you like them or not.
Then an LTR happens when you continue dating and have an interesting chemistry with her. As a DJ, you generally don't initiate any type of exclusiveness; if she doesn't say anything about being exclusive, why limit yourself?
Here's a little David DeAngelo advice: If you don't want to be in a 'relationship; with a girl, don't see her/contact her more than twice a week. If you see her more often than that and she has a high interest level (IL), she'll go into 'relationship mode'.
Usually if she develops a high IL after a while she'll make some comments about wanting to be exclusive. Then it's your choice.
Seems to me like LTR's tend to happen at unexpected times with unexpected people.