It is small things like this that differentiate an Alpha from an AFC

[TheAsianLoverReturns]

Great post! Sums up my thoughts exactly.

He shouldn't have run from the ball, or took one to 'protect the gal'. The ball was a threat, he should have caught the ball, took a bite out of it...and tossed it back into the field like it was nothing.

It was a baseball! Nothing more. This thread is ridiculous.

:crackup:

My thoughts exactly.

"If he was an alpha, he would have farted dragonfire and burned the baseball."

 

[ThunderMaverick]

Ridiculous? Far from it, considering that if you paid attention to the girl's reaction, it is obvious he has lost a bit of the frame from here on out. This is huge.

Mountains out of molehills. The guy simply saw no reason to "protect" this girl. Sure it doesn't seem like a chivalrous thing to do, but who gives a sh!t? It's a baseball, not a live threat. Anyways maybe he just didn't care about her? Is that beta behavior to not care about someone? Is it about personal taste that makes a man more protective of someone? I'm sure if they were married and he loved her very much he would have tried to really catch it or block her. F*ck, I dunno.

Examples - I saw two people arguing and a guy had a girl up against the wall, yelling at her. I didn't interfere. Was that beta?

Example 2 - There was a beehive that dropped in front of my apartment door. My sister at the time was 13 and was inside the house. I yelled from outside to her not to come outside until i figured out what to do with the swarming insects.

A minute late she screams my name in bloody murder like she's being stung. Without even a single ounce of fear I bolted up to my apartment through the bees and flung the door open ready to chop chop any fu<king buzzer that was trying to poke my sister. It was just ONE bee and it was on the floor...dying. She was being dramatic. Was that alpha?

What the hell do you want from us man?

 

[sharkbeat]

I think you guys are confused between necessary and unnecessary chivalry.

Unnecessary chivalry:
sending her flower.

Necessary chivalry:
Killing the dragon.

But really, I would still kill the dragon just to test myself. I would still catch the ball even if she's not there. Really, you are watching a baseball game, and the ball comes toward you, aren't you going to catch it to keep it as a memorabilia???

The point is don't do it for her, but yourself. Who cares if she's there or not??

Everytime I go back to this board, I feel like I am back getting confused.