Wow, that's some great stuff
Whew, what a post by Rollo! I find him to be the most astute guy ever on this site. He hits it spot on with each topic. Like I said before, every PUA I've known has succumbed into being a married AFC or at least an AFC in a long-term relationship.
Couple of my failed relationships I did exactly what Rollo said: I made the same mistakes in the successive relationship that I did in the first. I.E., was an AFC, smothered the woman by spending too much time with her, didn't develop my own life enough, didn't hang out with the guys enough, obsessed about the physical aspect of the relationship, and so on. I wasn't my own man.
Then in one of my relationships I got figureatively kicked in the nads pretty hard. A gal I thought I was going to marry (stupid me) crapped on me big time, insulted me, trashed me, everything in the book. I didn't deserve any of it, but I took it instead of standing up for myself. On a long drive home from the breakup I re-assessed things in my life and was hell-bent on changing my ways. It was way before this site and I was still a semi-AFC, but I did change how I dealt with women. No longer did I act like I should be lucky to be with them, but they should be lucky to be with me. The woman who had crapped on me was a white trash piece of sh-t ... I realized that later and am ashamed I put up with such crap from such a low life.
You must not only LEARN from your mistakes, you must also UNLEARN your ways. You must CHANGE how you were brainwashed by American society and Hollywood, and the thousands of overt or subliminal messages that have been sent to your brain telling you that you're not the prize. You must think you are the prize. Never forget that.
Rollo, great post ... I hope some day these posts will be in book form. They are priceless. Every man should read them, and it really should be must-reading for teenagers before they go down the AFC path.
Thanks again.