Zarky said:
Solid bro, I'd be curious as to how you learned this stuff. While I don't always agree with everything you post, you're one of the few posters here I've seen who has some solid instincts with women.
Mostly just through experience and applying stuff i learned through trial and error from dating books and this site.....that book The Game is good and kind of opened my eyes when i was younger...a friend introduced me to it a while back when i was in college and it led me here...but he had a bunch of other good books like Mac Tactics as well and he would let me borrow them and read them...once you read a lot of PUA stuff and start applying various stuff on a regular basis you kind of develop your own routine or set of stuff that works for you within your frame...i have been sarging since i was 17...i am 32 now........i always make it a point to talk to randoms even when i am in a relationship...it's just good practice..
and also through a lot of short and long term relationships and seeing for myself what makes women tick seeing those principles proven true time after time again....and of course making a ton of mistakes and learning from them........
But probably the most single important thing....i can't stress how important going NO CONTACT has been for me.....going NC on several girls especially the woman i was with the longest and cared the most about, my ex-wife changed me completely......it literally gave me a new strength so to speak and helped me turn a corner with women in general.....people always post stuff on here about NC like it is mean't to jab at the girl they are losing, make her want them or to possibly get her back in their lives.....and these are all normal feelings at first of course.....however, it is a personal test for everyone IMO that literally makes you stronger.....it's like training or something for life and women in general....you get stronger at it the more you do it like training a muscle or something...and blowing off women you just recently met begins to feel like nothing in comparison.....
To give a good metaphor....in eastern martial arts such as Kungfu....the basic and most important stance is the horse stance...it is very simple to do in theory and nothing that tricky about it....but actually doing it properly and consistently is very difficult and requires a lot of will power and patience....but it provides a strong base of balance, stability and lowers your center of gravity making your movements and strikes much more stable and solid, coming from the center of your body........it is said you can learn all the techniques and moves you want but without a strong horse stance they will always be at a substandard level in comparison with someone who does horse stance on a consistent basis.....
I would say no contact is the horse stance of dating...obviously, it's not something that anyone is going to seek out to do, but IMO it is a required experience to up your inner game...