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Old 10-28-2014, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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Same here, yet I bottle it up and keep my cool till gym time comes. I don't drink alcohol, so I ease out my upset feelings with dumbbells and barbells. It's a much healthier alternative.
NOT politically correct for me to say, but successful people are mostly narcissistic. Being too nice in the career field gets you no where sometimes. Play a little dirty if you can. It works.
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:36 AM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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Are you single because you harbor fears that a woman will divorce you and take all your stuff?
Hey, if you want to start getting personal, maybe we should end this right here. Don't make assumptions about me when you clearly know nothing about me.

The fact of the matter is that if I had a vagina, I could be half as good as I am now and still have men hounding and chasing me. Some women (especially average women) don't realize how good they've got it, and thus can't allow themselves to empathize with the difficulties that some men face.
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:39 AM
 
Location: Northville, MI
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NOT politically correct for me to say, but successful people are mostly narcissistic. Being too nice in the career field gets you no where sometimes. Play a little dirty if you can. It works.
Problem is, I've tried and know that playing dirty was never my thing. I start feeling very guilty, and this is easily detectable through discomfort .
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:40 AM
 
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Hey, if you want to start getting personal, maybe we should end this right here. Don't make assumptions about me when you clearly know nothing about me.

The fact of the matter is that if I had a vagina, I could be half as good as I am now and still have men hounding and chasing me. Some women (especially average women) don't realize how good they've got it, and thus can't allow themselves to empathize with the difficulties that some men face.
Being "hounded and chased" by people you aren't interested in isn't really a plus.
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:41 AM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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Being "hounded and chased" by people you aren't interested in isn't really a plus.
Consider the alternative: not being chased after or pursued at all.

At least they have a number of options. And since it's all a numbers game, it works to their advantage anyway.
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:41 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Being "hounded and chased" by people you aren't interested in isn't really a plus.

Attention is a plus, when you're not getting any attention. Even from people you don't particularly want.


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Consider the alternative: not being chased after or pursued at all.

At least they have a number of options. And since it's all a numbers game, it works to their advantage anyway.
I really wish people would put this fallacy to bed. It isn't a numbers game. Heck, OLD isn't a numbers game, never mind IRL dating.
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:43 AM
 
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When you're not getting any attention, it seems some people can come up with all sorts of theories and places to lay blame. If it works for them, so be it.
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:45 AM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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I really wish people would put this fallacy to bed. It isn't a numbers game. Heck, OLD isn't a numbers game, never mind IRL dating.
Yeah? How many women have you dated? Probably A LOT more than me. So if it's not a numbers game, then why aren't you married yet?

It's not a fallacy. Success will ultimately come as a result to how much access to women you have. If not, then why is your common line of advice to "put yourself out there more"?
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:49 AM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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When you're not getting any attention, it seems some people can come up with all sorts of theories and places to lay blame. If it works for them, so be it.
Why don't you try putting yourself in that position then and see how your mindset changes?

If I were shooing women away on a daily basis, do you think I'd be as jaded as I am now? Hell no, I wouldn't. I'd be on here talking like I'm King S**t of the dating world, because in my mind, I would be and I'd have the numbers to prove it.

So I get it. Some women have so many options that are being thrown at them, that it's not even possible for them to comprehend an alternative universe where they're getting nothing. Because you don't know what you don't know.
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:51 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Yeah? How many women have you dated? Probably A LOT more than me. So if it's not a numbers game, then why aren't you married yet?

It's not a fallacy. Success will ultimately come as a result to how much access to women you have. If not, then why is your common line of advice to "put yourself out there more"?

I have no idea how many people I've dated. I don't look at people as numbers.

I'm not married because I haven't met the right person; I may never, that's ok. I was engaged once, we broke it off. And there have been other people I could see marrying, but they didn't view me the same way.

But I have no idea what marriage has to do anything. That isn't the hallmark of dating success by any means. I've had a lot of successful relationships with individuals, and non of those happened because I just dated or met people for the sake of dating or meeting people.

And you put yourself out there more because it is good to do. Meeting and socializing is an important thing to do. But it is about meeting good people, the right people, not more people. It isn't about numbers at all, it is about finding "your" people. I have no desire to meet 90% of people in the world and my life won't be better by just meeting more people. That isn't how it works. Life is better when you meet your people.


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If I were shooing women away on a daily basis, do you think I'd be as jaded as I am now? Hell no, I wouldn't. I'd be on here talking like I'm King S**t of the dating world, because in my mind, I would be and I'd have the numbers to prove it.

How many guys are shooing women away? Almost none. I never have. It doesn't work like that. That's ok, because it isn't about meeting random people. Not having people approach you because you're hot or whatever has nothing to do with dating success.
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