Dating-Age |OT3| Positivity, Confidence, and Not Being a "Nice" Guy

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Is kingofkong still here?
Just saw the latest 2 simple pickup videos. The one with Jesse (?) kissing the girl minutes after meeting is fucking ridiculous, if it isn't fake.
I'm angry and sad at the same time I'll never be able to even come close to this thanks to my social anxiety, which will likely accompany me for at least another 10 years.
I can't even approach a girl when she's already sending very obvious signals to me. Fucking hell.

There's a video of Kong going up to a hot chick at a bar or club or someplace and kissing her within like 2 minutes.
 
I found this the other day on some girl's OKC profile.
http://demurexdevil.tumblr.com/

I wonder if I'll end up on there. :P
What a total fucking ****. While I agree that lots of these messages are bad/pathetic, the sentiment behind the page is disgusting.
Atramental, you should seriously go for a more sane chick.
It's nice that she replied and all, but you deserve better.

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What the fuck is wrong with this message?
Yeah, the punctuation isn't perfect but apart from that I'd say it's pretty decent.
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What the fuck does "princess" want?
 
Is kingofkong still here?
Just saw the latest 2 simple pickup videos. The one with Jesse (?) kissing the girl minutes after meeting is fucking ridiculous, if it isn't fake.
I'm angry and sad at the same time I'll never be able to even come close to this thanks to my social anxiety, which will likely accompany me for at least another 10 years.
I can't even approach a girl when she's already sending very obvious signals to me. Fucking hell.

Links plz
 
But if I show her I'm interested -and I am super interested- she would think I'm needy or dependent or got no life or some kind of loser and that would immediately turn her off. She is the most interesting girl I've met yet. I don't want to give her an upper hand or display low value. I want her to think of me as a good catch and not some loser that would go for any girl. She doesn't know it but I had my eye on her the whole night before she made her move.
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You are already acting as a needy, dependent loser, and have already given her the upper hand. Sorry to be so blatant, but she'll be able to smell it from a mile away. No matter how much you try, this will be blatantly obvious to her.

Don't overthink it about expressing an honest interest in getting to know her better, BUT you need to see this girl for what she is... DISPENSABLE. You need to understand that if not this girl, you'll find one with the same or better qualities, without having to go through the dumb mind-games we all subject ourselves to. If it doesn't work out with this one, oh well. There will be others. Don't fall for sappy rom-com notions that she's the one girl, the love of your life, blah blah blah.

You should simply look forward to getting to know and have fun with this other human being. It helps make it fun for both that there is sexual/physical attraction which you should act on. This gives off a much better vibe to her.

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What the fuck is wrong with this message?
Yeah, the punctuation isn't perfect but apart from that I'd say it's pretty decent.
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What the fuck does "princess" want?

It's a creepy overtly cheesy message. What guy you know tells his bud, "hey bro, want to have a lively conversation or a spontaneous adventure?!?!". It's not like girls fall for that kind of cheese.

With that said, the girl is a douche and attention brat with a sense of entitlement, since she'll always have suckers after her.
 
So the chick I was talking to last night on OKC was responding and giving the smiley face thing a ton, but she didn't seem to ask much. I mean, at the end everything was cool and said goodnight, but now I don't know if she'd want to talk again. I guess it would be cool to just message her again on the weekend maybe? I don't think anyone would want to hang out after the first message or two but it would be cool to get it to that point.
 
Jesus dude slow down, what happens if she tells you in a week to do one? are you going to break down and cry or something?
You are massively over thinking and putting her waaaay to high on a pedestal. Just chat., maybe she just wants to get to know you better first?

Why would it be a lie if she was seeing her grandma all day? Maybe shes laying up in hospital on her death bed? Not a good idea to just jump to conclusions. If she had blown you off for a third/fourth time then I feel you can.

You are right, and every one else here who have replied to me with similar advice. I realized I was being a suspicious idiot.

We exchanged emails a couple of times today and then gave her a call. She didn't pick up but texted me back almost immediately saying that she is at work. Didn't know people worked past 10pm apparently she is really the busy type. I realize this is Japan, and I do remember my ex working everyday until 8pm and also working on Saturdays twice or three times a month, and in a rare occasion on a Sunday too.

She asked me if I'm free during the day on weekdays, because that's when she gets some time off. I told her sure I could make some time for you. She haven't replied yet, it was almost 11pm when I sent it, but I think I should relax, assume good faith, be true to myself and go with the flow. Whether it works out or not I dunno.

I'm glad I've got myself some hobbies. This month I started hitting the gym and I have a friend who goes skiing often and might go with him this weekend, depending whether it snows or not. Having hobbies and meeting friends and being active, makes my conversations with her easier. I don't come out as lifeless loser and always have a backup plan, and made it clear to her in my exchange, in a respectful manner.

All our exchanges in Japanese. I rank myself Lv 2.5 which is above mid level but below high level. I hope my Japanese doesn't betray me and I succeed and conveying my thoughts to her properly.

You are already acting as a needy, dependent loser, and have already given her the upper hand. Sorry to be so blatant, but she'll be able to smell it from a mile away. No matter how much you try, this will be blatantly obvious to her.

Don't overthink it about expressing an honest interest in getting to know her better, BUT you need to see this girl for what she is... DISPENSABLE. You need to understand that if not this girl, you'll find one with the same or better qualities, without having to go through the dumb mind-games we all subject ourselves to. If it doesn't work out with this one, oh well. There will be others. Don't fall for sappy rom-com notions that she's the one girl, the love of your life, blah blah blah.

You should simply look forward to getting to know and have fun with this other human being. It helps make it fun for both that there is sexual/physical attraction which you should act on. This gives off a much better vibe to her.

I realize what you are saying, but you haven't seen how cute she is. I met and dated and went out with a number of girls, this one beats them hands down.

I thought emailing her once or twice a day tops and only to reply back to her was not a sign of desperation. Should I ignore her for a while? What are you trying to say?

I'm having a pull and a push with her. I told her if we can't meet this weekend let me know because I will go to Niigata to ski with my friends instead. She replied to me asking if I'm free during day time on weekdays almost immediately, and I replied back saying since I only got my research and don't have classes until April I could try to make sometime for you. I think the dynamics are balanced.

I'm revealing my insecurities to you guys but I think I'm hiding it well from her. I only email her to reply to her email, and we are having a conversation going on, so I think I'm doing alright. If she doesn't reply to my email I wont be emailing her for a couple of days, but so far she has been replying back to me in decent frequency. I make busy during the day and I only reply back to her after 7pm and before 11pm.
 
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Haha yeah. I said no and she stopped talking to me after that but whatevers.
 
What a total fucking ****. While I agree that lots of these messages are bad/pathetic, the sentiment behind the page is disgusting.
Atramental, you should seriously go for a more sane chick.
It's nice that she replied and all, but you deserve better.

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What the fuck is wrong with this message?
Yeah, the punctuation isn't perfect but apart from that I'd say it's pretty decent.
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What the fuck does "princess" want?
Maybe she has an Atramental sized hole that needs to be filled.
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But in all seriousness, I think this girl has already lost interest in me. Which I don't mind because she does seem very self centered and she lives quite a distance from me.
 
Maybe she has an Atramental sized hole that needs to be filled.
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But in all seriousness, I think this girl has already lost interest in me. Which I don't mind because she does seem very self centered and she lives quite a distance from me.
So you don't have any updates? Too bad, it was a romantic comedy in the making.
 
I realize what you are saying, but you haven't seen how cute she is. I met and dated and went out with a number of girls, this one beats them hands down.

I thought emailing her once or twice a day tops and only to reply back to her was not a sign of desperation. Should I ignore her for a while? What are you trying to say?

I'm having a pull and a push with her. I told her if we can't meet this weekend let me know because I will go to Niigata to ski with my friends instead. She replied to me asking if I'm free during day time on weekdays almost immediately, and I replied back saying since I only got my research and don't have classes until April I could try to make sometime for you. I think the dynamics are balanced.

I'm revealing my insecurities to you guys but I think I'm hiding it well from her. I only email her to reply to her email, and we are having a conversation going on, so I think I'm doing alright. If she doesn't reply to my email I wont be emailing her for a couple of days, but so far she has been replying back to me in decent frequency. I make busy during the day and I only reply back to her after 7pm and before 11pm.

you are doing good by only replying to her and not overdoing the e-mails. If anything I would have done differently, is to be more assertive, and when she asked you about free time during the day, you should have said "I'm free this X at Y time. What about you?"

You don't need to ignore her, but you need to push for a meet FAST. E-mails back and forth are boring after a while, and she can lose interest. I'm sure she's cute, but you need to go into it knowing that it might not work out, and you'd be ok with that. Take her off that pedestal.
 
Let me get your take on this please, I could really use an outside perspective.

There is this girl in work I've been eye'ing for a few weeks now, shes really pretty, funny awesome to talk to with a hint of crazy, shes my type. My friend has been finding out behind the scenes, shes really into me, she knows I like her and we always secretly smile to each other.

Shes in a relationship, has been for 7 years. She doesn't know that I know, but she also told my friend that the love is gone. (besides that she is now 21, he is now 29, do the math).

I want to believe her when she says the love is gone and is really into me. I really do. I know i'm going to pursue this. I mean, I work in a factory and I am excited to go into work tomorrow just to talk to her. I'm excited to go work into a factory. That shit is insane for me.

An advice on how I should approach this?
 
Overcame my approach anxiety and it felt great. I completely fumbled everything that I had planned to gain her interest, make her laugh etc. Despite this she's agreed to go out tommorow and actually pulled a game on me to get my number.

I'm thinking of the bookstore date but my brain is drawing a complete blank on things we can do so any advice would be appreciated. I also need to figure out how to not be friendzoned on this bookstore date so a lot of kino how should this escalate so my
intentions are known? Lastly the first phone call should I keep it short and sweet?
 
I've been single since October, it has been 4 months now

I think i have finally gotten my confidence back! And from the whole process, it was a great, great experience! I have learnt so much from this past 4 months! And i finally got the job i wanted for a very very long time! Now i have a new direction! I feel powerful inside! Because i am on my to dream!

I think i will start to enjoy being single from now, because there is so much stuff waiting for me to do! And see anyone i want to see! :)
 
Let me get your take on this please, I could really use an outside perspective.

There is this girl in work I've been eye'ing for a few weeks now, shes really pretty, funny awesome to talk to with a hint of crazy, shes my type. My friend has been finding out behind the scenes, shes really into me, she knows I like her and we always secretly smile to each other.

Shes in a relationship, has been for 7 years. She doesn't know that I know, but she also told my friend that the love is gone. (besides that she is now 21, he is now 29, do the math).

I want to believe her when she says the love is gone and is really into me. I really do. I know i'm going to pursue this. I mean, I work in a factory and I am excited to go into work tomorrow just to talk to her. I'm excited to go work into a factory. That shit is insane for me.

An advice on how I should approach this?

I think you should just talk to her, and approach her directly, theres no reason not to.
Because she never told you about her having a boyfriend, that means she doesn't want you to know. So you should just pretend you don't know, never mention about it, because it is what she wants! Just approach her directly and let her know you like her. if she really likes you, she will tell you she has a boyfriend herself! Then its up to her to leave her boyfriend for you or not.

But of course, if she doesn't tell you that she has a boyfriend, then you know what kind of girl she is lol
 
Shes in a relationship, has been for 7 years. She doesn't know that I know, but she also told my friend that the love is gone. (besides that she is now 21, he is now 29, do the math).
Not sure what you mean by do the math. It is kinda creepy if you're saying that he (at 22) was dating her (at 14).

I want to believe her when she says the love is gone and is really into me. I really do. I know i'm going to pursue this. I mean, I work in a factory and I am excited to go into work tomorrow just to talk to her. I'm excited to go work into a factory. That shit is insane for me.

An advice on how I should approach this?
Even if the love is gone, 7 years is a long time and she's going to need time to recover. If you're looking for something casual it may work, but I doubt she's gonna jump into another LTR right away unless she has issues.
 
Maybe she has an Atramental sized hole that needs to be filled.
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But in all seriousness, I think this girl has already lost interest in me. Which I don't mind because she does seem very self centered and she lives quite a distance from me.

That's unfortunate, I was looking forward to seeing how it would turn out.

Let me get your take on this please, I could really use an outside perspective.

There is this girl in work I've been eye'ing for a few weeks now, shes really pretty, funny awesome to talk to with a hint of crazy, shes my type. My friend has been finding out behind the scenes, shes really into me, she knows I like her and we always secretly smile to each other.

Shes in a relationship, has been for 7 years. She doesn't know that I know, but she also told my friend that the love is gone. (besides that she is now 21, he is now 29, do the math).

I want to believe her when she says the love is gone and is really into me. I really do. I know i'm going to pursue this. I mean, I work in a factory and I am excited to go into work tomorrow just to talk to her. I'm excited to go work into a factory. That shit is insane for me.

An advice on how I should approach this?

Just ask her out, see what she says.

Though, alarm bells ring in my head when you say she's been in a relationship for seven years. That would mean that she was 14 and he was... 22 when they started dating.
 
So I got a call from the girl last night, the one that started acting weird after I asked her out. She heard I was having a party and wanted to join us. It was strange because she had to work at 5am the next day, so I figured she just really wanted to hang out with me.

Nope. She spent the whole night ignoring me and hitting on my friend who A) Wasn't interested, and made that clear throughout the night and B) Already has a girlfriend. She was pretty much rubbing my face in it. At the end of the night everyone split and it was just me, her, and my buddy (who needed to sober up) and I may as well not have existed. I was the life of the party throughout the night so I wasn't acting timid, this girl was actively ignoring me. What could possibly be going through her head? It's like she set out from the beginning to make me feel bad.

A little follow up. Yesterday was one of the rare times I worked with her and I didn't talk to her at all. Not to be a dick, but she's got on my nerves and I didn't want to say anything stupid. Well apparently it got to her because she texted me later that day asking why I was ignoring her. She claims she doesn't know why I'm mad and wants to talk about it and I'm not sure how to react. My gut reaction is to continue to ignore her, I don't feel like she deserves an explanation at this point, but I'm worried that might make things worse. At the same time I feel like spilling my guts is a bad idea because it's putting her in a position to pretend she was oblivious so I'm the one that somehow looks like a jerk. And I know I'll say some stuff I'll later regret if she tries to play that card.

I just find the whole thing frustrating. Why does she care if I've stopped talking to her? From the way I see it, she's made it clear she's not interested. She's been ignoring me ever since I asked her out and flirting with my friends every chance she gets, so why is she fixated on me? I just don't get her angle.
 
I'm glad I've got myself some hobbies. This month I started hitting the gym and I have a friend who goes skiing often and might go with him this weekend, depending whether it snows or not. Having hobbies and meeting friends and being active, makes my conversations with her easier. I don't come out as lifeless loser and always have a backup plan, and made it clear to her in my exchange, in a respectful manner.

Yeah That helps alot, I already have a GF but I always used to struggle with conversations with new people or just long ones with people I do know because I didnt really DO much.
Alot changed after I went traveling as while I was traveling you are forced to talk to people /meet new people.
Now I dont seem to shutup because im always doing stuff thanks to this book.

I highly recommend this book to people who are stuck in a certain mindset, kind of blew my mind.

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Synopsis

I, Danny Wallace, being of sound mind and body, do hereby write this manifesto for my life. I swear I will be more open to opportunity. I swear I will live my life taking every available chance. I will say Yes to every favour, request, suggestion and invitation. I WILL SWEAR TO SAY YES WHERE ONCE I WOULD SAY NO.' Danny Wallace had been staying in. Far too much. Having been dumped by his girlfriend, he really wasn't doing the young, free and single thing very well. Instead he was avoiding people. Texting them instead of calling them. Calling them instead of meeting them. That is until one fateful date when a mystery man on a late-night bus told him to 'say yes more'. These three simple words changed Danny's life forever. Yes Man is the story of what happened when Danny decided to say YES to everything, in order to make his life more interesting. And boy, did it get more interesting.
 
That's unfortunate, I was looking forward to seeing how it would turn out.



Just ask her out, see what she says.

Though, alarm bells ring in my head when you say she's been in a relationship for seven years. That would mean that she was 14 and he was... 22 when they started dating.

Yeah I just did the math too and got a bit creeped out.
 
Overcame my approach anxiety and it felt great. I completely fumbled everything that I had planned to gain her interest, make her laugh etc. Despite this she's agreed to go out tommorow and actually pulled a game on me to get my number.

I'm thinking of the bookstore date but my brain is drawing a complete blank on things we can do so any advice would be appreciated. I also need to figure out how to not be friendzoned on this bookstore date so a lot of kino how should this escalate so my
intentions are known? Lastly the first phone call should I keep it short and sweet?

Congrats! Don't plan too much when talking to women or you will get lost when things don't go according to plan. Just try to roll with what she says.

Now that you have a date - take her on an activity date, i.e pool, darts, bowling, or somewhere that you can routinely touch her (which means food places aren't a great idea). If you don't want to be friend zoned, you need to touch her early and often. When you meet her give her a hug. When you open the door for her, touch her back... etc. If she reciprocates by punching your arm or touching your chest when you make her laugh then you are golden.

Set up a 2nd date before you leave that night if you think things are going well. Don't wait to call her the next day to set up the next one.
 
So anyone remember calculus girl I was talking about earlier? Glad I moved on via OKCpuid, because I can now pretty much chock calculus girl up as a loss.

Her and the guy both walked into class at the same time 15 minutes late, and she was kind of breathing heavily.....yeah, I think the implications are obvious there.
 
So anyone remember calculus girl I was talking about earlier? Glad I moved on via OKCpuid, because I can now pretty much chock calculus girl up as a loss.

Her and the guy both walked into class at the same time 15 minutes late, and she was kind of breathing heavily.....yeah, I think the implications are obvious there.

You sure? Maybe she was just... running. Hopefully.
 
A little follow up. Yesterday was one of the rare times I worked with her and I didn't talk to her at all. Not to be a dick, but she's got on my nerves and I didn't want to say anything stupid. Well apparently it got to her because she texted me later that day asking why I was ignoring her. She claims she doesn't know why I'm mad and wants to talk about it and I'm not sure how to react. My gut reaction is to continue to ignore her, I don't feel like she deserves an explanation at this point, but I'm worried that might make things worse. At the same time I feel like spilling my guts is a bad idea because it's putting her in a position to pretend she was oblivious so I'm the one that somehow looks like a jerk. And I know I'll say some stuff I'll later regret if she tries to play that card.

I just find the whole thing frustrating. Why does she care if I've stopped talking to her? From the way I see it, she's made it clear she's not interested. She's been ignoring me ever since I asked her out and flirting with my friends every chance she gets, so why is she fixated on me? I just don't get her angle.

I don't know your whole back story, but if she acted weird when you asked her out, maybe she just wants to be friends. I don't think she was purposely trying to ignore you at the party or anything. She clearly wants some type of relationship with you, just not romantic.
 
I highly recommend this book to people who are stuck in a certain mindset, kind of blew my mind.

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I've never read the book but try to incorporate the central idea when possible. Found it pretty hard so far. Life just throws too much shit you don't want to do in your face.
Does actually reading the book change your perspective on that?

Atramental: You had the right idea with focusing on your real life dating opportunities. Online dating (especially at your age) is mostly time wasting, unless you send messages in bulk.
At age 25+, things might be different.

Links plz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNePlJpiiGI&feature=g-user-u
These guys are fucking gold. A little google stalking provided me with the info that kingofkong has a new gaf name now, but it still active.
Probably wants to remain anonymous on here, now that he is semi-famous and was on that talk show or something.
 
OKC girl said on Sunday that she would be up for going out Thursday, but it depended on if she had school work to do that night. Should I follow up today or just wait until tomorrow?
 
Congrats! Don't plan too much when talking to women or you will get lost when things don't go according to plan. Just try to roll with what she says.

Now that you have a date - take her on an activity date, i.e pool, darts, bowling, or somewhere that you can routinely touch her (which means food places aren't a great idea). If you don't want to be friend zoned, you need to touch her early and often. When you meet her give her a hug. When you open the door for her, touch her back... etc. If she reciprocates by punching your arm or touching your chest when you make her laugh then you are golden.

Set up a 2nd date before you leave that night if you think things are going well. Don't wait to call her the next day to set up the next one.

Thanks I need to escalate not interested in being friendzoned but isn't the hug when we first meet too much? And now I'm starting to overthink things such as how long it should last etc fuck.
 
Thanks I need to escalate not interested in being friendzoned but isn't the hug when we first meet too much? And now I'm starting to overthink things such as how long it should last etc fuck.

I would think not. She already knows it's a date, I doubt it will be considered too much.
 
I don't know your whole back story, but if she acted weird when you asked her out, maybe she just wants to be friends. I don't think she was purposely trying to ignore you at the party or anything. She clearly wants some type of relationship with you, just not romantic.

There's a lot of back story but I can't imagine she just wanted something platonic. I have a lot of platonic girlfriends and none of them act like this. Constant flirting/touching, getting worked up when I mentioned other women, even making plans on stuff just the two of us should do together every time we spoke. She was actually the one that asked me out to begin with, and after the date was still acting overjoyed every time she saw me. It wasn't until I asked her out on a second date did her attitude change.

And really, if she wants to be friends she's doing a piss poor job. She's been very cold towards me all month. I tried numerous times to have random conversations with her and they always devolved into one word answers and long periods of silence. It's cool if she's not into me like that, but she's not even acting like someone I would want to keep as a friend. I don't know what her deal is.
 
Atramental: You had the right idea with focusing on your real life dating opportunities. Online dating (especially at your age) is mostly time wasting, unless you send messages in bulk.
At age 25+, things might be different.
Yeah, I think I'll go back to my initial approach.

Especially after getting this in my inbox today.
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There's a lot of back story but I can't imagine she just wanted something platonic. I have a lot of platonic girlfriends and none of them act like this. Constant flirting/touching, getting worked up when I mentioned other women, even making plans on stuff just the two of us should do together every time we spoke. She was actually the one that asked me out to begin with, and after the date was still acting overjoyed every time she saw me. It wasn't until I asked her out on a second date did her attitude change.

And really, if she wants to be friends she's doing a piss poor job. She's been very cold towards me all month. I tried numerous times to have random conversations with her and they always devolved into one word answers and long periods of silence. It's cool if she's not into me like that, but she's not even acting like someone I would want to keep as a friend. I don't know what her deal is.

Probably missed the escalation window.
 
I've never read the book but try to incorporate the central idea when possible. Found it pretty hard so far. Life just throws too much shit you don't want to do in your face.
Does actually reading the book change your perspective on that?

Yeah I think it wont really hit home till you read it to be honest.
I read that book and it has some bonkers things in it just because he said yes to stuff he normally would have said no to and you think "well goddamn what have I missed out on?"

I have met some awesome people and done some fun things purely because Ive thought "you know what? fuck it why not"

Example:
Last weekend I went up to see a girl mates Ex, I stayed friends because hes a sound guy and I get on with him well.
He invited me to a night out to a club (ministry of sound for anyone that cares) to see a Progressive House dj (Hernan Cattaneo)
My old self would probably have not even stayed friends but would have also turned the invite down because it was just me and him still up for it by the day of it and I dont really know alot about prog house.

I went and had an awesome time, We bumped into some friends of his there and chatted briefly then we left.
We get back to his and hes got a text saying afterparty? from one of the guys.

Normally id have said nah i need my sleep for saturday, Nope Lets go!
Back in a taxi and arrive at the house.
Meet like 10 new people, ones a DJ, amazing flat.
I get invited to a festival outside of amsterdam at the end of march!
Got them all on FB now and been chatting too them since.

Ive not looked into it properly yet but I mean if I wanted I could potentially go with them.

None of this would have happened if I had just said "Nah cant afford it" as a weak excuse to get out of going.

Few weeks before that three friends and I gatecrashed a random persons house party (another long story relating to saying yes and being more open minded) and had the co host hitting on me all night (who was stunning might i add)
Obv didnt do anything as I have a GF allready but the ego boost was rather nice!

I also inadvertently end up with loads of odd, funny,random storys, find out about events I wouldn't have known about and get to chat to also sorts of people doing all sorts of things

Trying not to side track this thread too much but yeah I really recommend it to everyone I know now.
 
Atramental: You had the right idea with focusing on your real life dating opportunities. Online dating (especially at your age) is mostly time wasting, unless you send messages in bulk.
At age 25+, things might be different.

I wouldn't say this is completely true. However, I would use online dating more as a way to meet local people you would not have been able to meet in real life. I don't bother with anything that's not within 20 miles of me for the most part. I was extremely hesitant to do online dating, and even had a pretty blank OKCupid profile because I was just looking, and debating on whether to fill it in and keep it or not. I went ahead and decided to, and now I already have a date (hopefully). Granted, it hasn't happened yet, but it definitely looks promising.
 
What the fuck does "princess" want?

She's probably just a really insecure sad person, like all trolls that are mean about it. She's rejecting every guy in the world to somehow 'make herself' into a princess. If no guy is good enough for her, she has to be the best, right? She's not for real either way.

Probably missed the escalation window.

The actual rate of progression probably varies quite a bit but this is so obviously important. Girls are just people except unlike guys [err, scratch that, it's just different] they have barriers that need broken just like that article says. I push more now, and so far things have worked out, but I'm thinking I'm still too conservative.

Not to get all alpha douchebagish, but there's definitely an attitude among 'weaker men' (WHO CAN AND DO CHANGE / BECOME STRONGER) that this sort of escalation is tantamount to rape. I can't imagine those guys ever getting out of the friend zone.

You can't wait for the other person to break through their barriers, you have to break through your own and then break through theirs, then you are the master.

Yet, desperation is most certainly not the key. It's a tricky concept but I really understand it now. Maybe the difference is you're confident, she's attracted to you, then you press. If you press before you attract that's the old school 'needy guy' thing.

Finally an update on my situation. Cute little shy Asian I'd dated messaged me back in such a submissive and interested way that I feel like she's waving me in the runway already.



My old self would probably have not even stayed friends but would have also turned the invite down because it was just me and him still up for it by the day of it and I dont really know alot about prog house.

This is a great philosophy in life generally and it'll change your life. Not just the rationale, but DOING STUFF, being spontaneous. It'll make you powerful and you'll learn a lot.
 
Thanks I need to escalate not interested in being friendzoned but isn't the hug when we first meet too much? And now I'm starting to overthink things such as how long it should last etc fuck.

It's just a friendly hug, you aren't groping her or anything. And it's a perfectly acceptable way to greet someone (especially a girl) which is non threatening and breaks down their personal space bubble right away.

The hug shouldn't last more than a second or so. Whatever you do, don't overthink it - your actions will appear stiff and forced. Imagine you're hugging your dad after not seeing him for a few months or something.
 
Ok I'm going to try OkCupid. Never tried online dating before but what the heck why not.

How old are you? If you are 25 or older, use Plenty of Fish.

There will be a slew of posts beneath me saying otherwise; ignore them and just trust me.
 
How old are you? If you are 25 or older, use Plenty of Fish.

There will be a slew of posts beneath me saying otherwise; ignore them and just trust me.

I only recommend against it because I'm a web developer and their website looks like ass :D
I don't know anything about how well it actually works.
 
How old are you? If you are 25 or older, use Plenty of Fish.

There will be a slew of posts beneath me saying otherwise; ignore them and just trust me.

Feh, try both. I'm over 25 and I'm using OKC with success. But I have a PoF account too.

Ignore that man and trust me. You can copy paste elements of your profile across both anyways.

(but yeah, PoF has more older women, OKC has a lot of younger girls, but you're a dude you can handle younger girls if you are willing to put up with their BS. Also helps if you look good)
 
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