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The Relationship Building Mind Games....?
    #8606610 - 07/07/08 11:41 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

This was posted in the PUB, and it kind of struck me as it is not an approach/mindset that I have ever tried....
It seems foreign to me, and just wanted to hear other opinions on the basic overall idea here....
I don't completely understand the mind game thing....


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MAN! no no no
listen, you already kind of blew it by "telling her how you feel", man!
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Let me tell you something. When you tell a girl 'how you feel'(especially if your not even with her as a couple or you guys haven't advanced at all physically), you do something very bad. YOU GIVE HER THE POWER. You gave your power away to her man, completely. Now that she knows without a grain of doubt that you want her, she has the power and knows that she can have YOU whenever SHE wants. She has the lever in her hand, not you and this is not good.
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Women like a guy who is in control, who is dominant but not domineering, who is sure of himself, who has his own life and is not drooling over other women, who is NOT CLINGY or NEEDY, who is cocky and funny, who is unpredictable, NOT boring and a CHALLENGE.
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You, my friend, are no longer unpredictable, un-clingy and un-needy, NOT boring and no longer a challenge for her anymore, because you spilled your guts. SHe knows how you feel about her, and she can expect you to give her no challenge, no anticipation and nothing unpredictable now. If you guys were to be together, I feel it is plausible she could easily think she could walk all over you and get anything she wants from you.
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You see, we humans, generally RUN from what chases and pursues us. Familiarity breeds contempt. In this case, you are the selectee, she is the selector. She is being pursued, you have/are done/doing the pursuing. Lovers are pursued, providers do the pursuing. Don't be a provider
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And man! why are you talking about relationship stuff to her when she already has a BF!? She doesn't need or want another 'friend' talking to her about relationship  stuff and her problems and bladi bla. That is what her girlfriends are for. Do you want to be her girlfriend? Well talking about stuff like that will land you smack dab in the 'friends zone'. She wants a guy that can build anticipation for her, make her laugh, make her excited, make her go "I can't believe you just said that!' and hit you on the arm, make her forget about relationship stuff and her boyfriend.
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From past exp., I have learned that the more a girl talks about her 'relationship status', and especially the more a girl brings up her BF name, the worse the  situation and the bigger the hole one digs themself into.
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Basically man, as much as you probably don't want to do it, you gotta move on, and wait for her to come to you again. If you pursue her at this point you will continue to emit FLASHING NEON WUSS-BAG SIGNS to her. You won't give her the gift of 'missing you'. You will show her you're desperate, clingy, needy, predictable, and to put it simply, not attractive(not in a physical sense).
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Whenever in life you feel you have lost, or are loosing power with a women, stop, step back, and wait for her to come to you. This is precisely the situation you are currently in.....I advise you to read over this again......
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I hope you got some insight from this, and good luck in the future, man. :sun::peace:




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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #8606675 - 07/08/08 12:18 AM (4 months, 13 days ago)

Woman probably think the same way


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #8607084 - 07/08/08 05:12 AM (4 months, 13 days ago)

IMO the post in question, is only relevant if you are still within the confines of teeny bopper relationships.
I recommend moving on...


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: figmentfragment]
    #8607206 - 07/08/08 06:29 AM (4 months, 13 days ago)

Most 30 and 40 year old men and women operate the same way, I cant think of one person I know who doesnt. I think it just becomes less conscious as people get older.


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #8607442 - 07/08/08 08:50 AM (4 months, 13 days ago)

Yes, when I said "teeny bopper" I was not actually limiting this to an age, I was being condescending...

And I think you are right, when you say that this behaviour can continue...but one can at least attempt to evolve.


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #8607572 - 07/08/08 09:46 AM (4 months, 13 days ago)

Sadly I feel like that his advice if is true for a large percentage of people trying to get into a relationship.  I really dont operate like this as far as purposely ignoring or acting like a dick or cocky or whatever to women.  But I see it all the time and it does have an effect on women.  I have one buddy who as of a like two years ago he was a clingy emotional type of guy who would do anything for a girl he was interested in. He got burned by this was girl and after that he got a hold of this book called the Art of Seduction.  This book turned into his bible and he read and highlighted parts a hundred times over.  To see the transformation that happended to him after he grasped the concept of mindgames and seduction was mind boggleing.  Night and day.  He has turned arrogant and cocky but he has so many girls just falling in love with him everyday.  If you dont mind treated women like crap when you have ,to you would have the upper hand.  I personnally dont agree with this approach and over the years have been working on not being so forward and direct and BORING to women without busted into the cocky arrogant route. again this doesnt work foir every girl, but every women to some degree wants a guy that seems better than them, just like a guy is always pursing a girl that is hotter or more mysterious than the can normally date. relationships are messed up.


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: cottlestonpie]
    #8607763 - 07/08/08 11:08 AM (4 months, 13 days ago)

Anyone who I'd have to behave like that with in order to achieve a successful relationship is, in my opinion, not worth having a relationship.

For a bunch of druggies, some of you guys on this forum are totally cynical. Every person I've ever smoked/tripped with, from age 16 to age 54, have all been totally laid back and honest, and generally good people too, with the exception of one fuck who it became my solemn duty to beat the shit out of after he tried pushing marijuana on an eleven year old. I guess I figured most cannabis/shroom users were like that, but man, some of you are just as fucked up as non-users. :tongue2:


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: WornTraveler]
    #8607772 - 07/08/08 11:12 AM (4 months, 13 days ago)

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Anyone who I'd have to behave like that with in order to achieve a successful relationship is, in my opinion, not worth having a relationship.

For a bunch of druggies, some of you guys on this forum are totally cynical. Every person I've ever smoked/tripped with, from age 16 to age 54, have all been totally laid back and honest, and generally good people too, with the exception of one fuck who it became my solemn duty to beat the shit out of after he tried pushing marijuana on an eleven year old. I guess I figured most cannabis/shroom users were like that, but man, some of you are just as fucked up as non-users. :tongue2:




Maybe you're just unaware of the mammalian rituals that you and everyone else is biologically compelled to go through. People are so predictable.


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #8607794 - 07/08/08 11:20 AM (4 months, 13 days ago)

Too much MTV...??


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: backfromthedead]
    #8608215 - 07/08/08 01:24 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

Its not even about being completely cocky and arrogant. it's about being cocky/arrogant AND FUNNY. If you are too cocky/arrogant without having any humor, you will come off as a jerk and an asshole. But if you are only funny with no cockiness thrown in the mix, you will just look like an entertainer boy, monkey status, a goofy clown, at that point you might as well throw on a big red nose and slap on bozo shoes :shrug:

I went a lil extreme there but I'm saying you must be both, not specifically one of them and not the other, the compliment one another. Being cocky with humour thrown in shoes and communicates so many things to woman subconsciously. it says you are funny, fun to be around, unpredictable, don't have problems with insecurity, completely comfortable in your own shoes, and shows you 'get it': you understand attraction. Just tease girls, bust on them, treat them like your bratty little sister, act cooler than them, like they are not even on yor level, and just see what happens :wink:

What most guys run into nowadays is rejections, shut downs and cold shoulers from being 'a nice guy'. MOST WOMEN DON'T LIKE 'Nice guys'. Let me sk you something, ever been in a situation where a girl has been complaining to you and telling you about how her BF or someone she really likes is mean to her and treats her horrible and yadidyada? But she doesn't go for you she goes for the jerk? It's because she already klnows that she can have the 'nice guy', but shes not so sure about the jerk asshole. Hes unpredictable, dominant over the situation and mst importantly a CHALLENGE. Women are naturally drawn to men who are a challnege to them, who aren't affected and impressed but physical beauty and who don't crack under pressure. Take the nice guy, hes always complimenting the girl, orbiting around the girl, constantly thinking about her, willing to do anythig for the girl, buy her and take her whereever she wants on a date and present her absolutely no challenge what so ever. FOr us humans generally, we want what we don't already or can't have, or something thats hard to get, period. Now THAT is attractive...

Women want a guy whos control of himself and the situation, cocky AND funny, being a MAN not wuss boy, not clingy or needy, decisive, unapolagetic, unflappable composure, not looking to impress or get approval from them, does is own thing and most importantly A CHALLLENGE


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: hoopershroomer]
    #8608282 - 07/08/08 01:40 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

Women don't know what they want. Sure all of this stuff effects them subconsciously, but its not as if they follow a text book of rules. What PEOPLE in general are MOST attracted to is self-confidence. Now just take that word as it is. You are confident in your self. This does not mean you have to be cocky, it does not mean you have to be a jerk, it doesn't mean you have to be funny. You can have none of these things and still be self-confident. It just so happens as a result of having self-confidence that you are more comfortable talking to people, jokes come easier to you, and you might make statements in support of yourself because you BELIEVE in yourself. That might make you seem cocky to some people.

The reason why "nice" guys don't always get the girl is because a lot of "nice" guys are insecure. The reason that they are so nice is because they are desperately seeking affection and approval from the one they love. They want everything they say and do to be noticed, and will go out of their way to try to make someone like them. This shows that you aren't completely confident in yourself.

There is no law saying you have to sometimes ignore women to get them to like you, or that you shouldn't say certain things. What you should strive for is to be confident in everything that you say and do. Eventually that confidence will show through. Its ok to make mistakes while pursuing a girl if you are self-confident, because you will forgive yourself and learn. You can talk to a girl everyday, compliment her all the time, and even be that "nice" guy if you are wholly self-confident.

Plus if you factor this into the rest of your life, chances are you will have plenty of other distractions to focus on aside from just your significant other. A self-confident person knows what they are doing in life, and where they want to go. This adds a great deal of attractiveness, no matter what kind of person you are, be it cocky, asshole-ish, nice, or even boring.


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: blewmeanie]
    #8608286 - 07/08/08 01:41 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

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Anyone who I'd have to behave like that with in order to achieve a successful relationship is, in my opinion, not worth having a relationship.

For a bunch of druggies, some of you guys on this forum are totally cynical. Every person I've ever smoked/tripped with, from age 16 to age 54, have all been totally laid back and honest, and generally good people too, with the exception of one fuck who it became my solemn duty to beat the shit out of after he tried pushing marijuana on an eleven year old. I guess I figured most cannabis/shroom users were like that, but man, some of you are just as fucked up as non-users. :tongue2:




Maybe you're just unaware of the mammalian rituals that you and everyone else is biologically compelled to go through. People are so predictable.





I wouldn't say anyone is compelled to go through anything. Your behavior is your own responsibility, and I honestly think that any woman worth getting to know would be mature enough to put the mind games and deception aside. Then again, I might be coming at this from a different angle than most people. My objective is a lasting relationship- some people are just trying to get sex as quickly as possible.

Eh, if it works for them, more power to 'em, but personally, I feel like a sexless relationship where both people really care about each other would be a lot more rewarding than ten relationships where the only objective is 15-20 minutes of exercise followed by about thirty seconds of euphoria, as often as possible. Doesn't sound all that worth it when you describe it that way :tongue:


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: WornTraveler]
    #8608333 - 07/08/08 01:53 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

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I wouldn't say anyone is compelled to go through anything. Your behavior is your own responsibility, and I honestly think that any woman worth getting to know would be mature enough to put the mind games and deception aside.




Most assuredly. Different people think and behave differently and are looking for different things in relationships and life in general. Anyone who holds to some generalization in which "women want this" aren't tuned into the nature of reality, even if their model is effective enough in obtaining what they are seeking from certain individuals. 

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....where the only objective is 15-20 minutes of exercise followed by about thirty seconds of euphoria, as often as possible. Doesn't sound all that worth it when you describe it that way :tongue:




Of course not, but then I wouldn't describe it that way because that isn't how it is, at least for me. :smirk:


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: WornTraveler]
    #8608338 - 07/08/08 01:53 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

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Anyone who I'd have to behave like that with in order to achieve a successful relationship is, in my opinion, not worth having a relationship.

For a bunch of druggies, some of you guys on this forum are totally cynical. Every person I've ever smoked/tripped with, from age 16 to age 54, have all been totally laid back and honest, and generally good people too, with the exception of one fuck who it became my solemn duty to beat the shit out of after he tried pushing marijuana on an eleven year old. I guess I figured most cannabis/shroom users were like that, but man, some of you are just as fucked up as non-users. :tongue2:




Maybe you're just unaware of the mammalian rituals that you and everyone else is biologically compelled to go through. People are so predictable.





I wouldn't say anyone is compelled to go through anything. Your behavior is your own responsibility, and I honestly think that any woman worth getting to know would be mature enough to put the mind games and deception aside. Then again, I might be coming at this from a different angle than most people. My objective is a lasting relationship- some people are just trying to get sex as quickly as possible.

Eh, if it works for them, more power to 'em, but personally, I feel like a sexless relationship where both people really care about each other would be a lot more rewarding than ten relationships where the only objective is 15-20 minutes of exercise followed by about thirty seconds of euphoria, as often as possible. Doesn't sound all that worth it when you describe it that way :tongue:



No offense, I dont mean to come off sounding like an cunt here, but if you dont notice the robotic way that almost everyone goes about life in general your simply just not aware of it. We are primates, and almost everyone I see goes about life exactly like you would expect a primate to do. Most just arent aware of it.


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: blewmeanie]
    #8608405 - 07/08/08 02:13 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

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Anyone who I'd have to behave like that with in order to achieve a successful relationship is, in my opinion, not worth having a relationship.

For a bunch of druggies, some of you guys on this forum are totally cynical. Every person I've ever smoked/tripped with, from age 16 to age 54, have all been totally laid back and honest, and generally good people too, with the exception of one fuck who it became my solemn duty to beat the shit out of after he tried pushing marijuana on an eleven year old. I guess I figured most cannabis/shroom users were like that, but man, some of you are just as fucked up as non-users. :tongue2:




Maybe you're just unaware of the mammalian rituals that you and everyone else is biologically compelled to go through. People are so predictable.





I wouldn't say anyone is compelled to go through anything. Your behavior is your own responsibility, and I honestly think that any woman worth getting to know would be mature enough to put the mind games and deception aside. Then again, I might be coming at this from a different angle than most people. My objective is a lasting relationship- some people are just trying to get sex as quickly as possible.

Eh, if it works for them, more power to 'em, but personally, I feel like a sexless relationship where both people really care about each other would be a lot more rewarding than ten relationships where the only objective is 15-20 minutes of exercise followed by about thirty seconds of euphoria, as often as possible. Doesn't sound all that worth it when you describe it that way :tongue:



No offense, I dont mean to come off sounding like an cunt here, but if you dont notice the robotic way that almost everyone goes about life in general your simply just not aware of it. We are primates, and almost everyone I see goes about life exactly like you would expect a primate to do. Most just arent aware of it.




Well, I guess I'm having trouble finding how "humans behaving like humans" turns into "humans behaving like robots".


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: WornTraveler]
    #8608428 - 07/08/08 02:21 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

People dont necessarily think about the choices they make. As an exercise, try spending some time at a bus station or airport, and just watch the way everyone acts. Its all the same, most people tend to go about their day reacting to one unconscious cue after another, this becomes even more apparent when you study, and then compare it to instinctual primate behavior. Our physical communication, and gestures can be almost identical at times.

It really can be quite interesting if you've never looked into it before.


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: blewmeanie]
    #8608486 - 07/08/08 02:36 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

I spend thirty minutes every day at a train station, and I meet some real characters. Like a guy I met yesterday kept grumbling about how the train is off all the time and flicking cigarettes he just started smoking away, then mumbling about lung cancer or something.

And a hot chick I saw who practiced giving head on a candy sucker in front of a crowd of about six or seven guys. I'd agree that the guys were definitely acting like primates though, haha. Probably the worst attempts to hide an erection I've ever seen.

Or the lady who came up to me with a loaf of a banana nut bread and told me she thought God wanted me to have it. I mean, seriously, if anything I go to a train station and meet the real characters haha. I've had some pretty deep conversations with total strangers on the train.

Though I will admit, I've never made a real effort to study everybody else at the train station- the people who you wouldn't recognize thirty seconds later, who might as well not even have been there because they did nothing out of the ordinary. I suppose those're the ones you're talking about, in which case, well, I just ignore those people lol.


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: blewmeanie]
    #8608495 - 07/08/08 02:40 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

This discussion reminds me of a kid's joke:

How do you catch a squirrel?

Climb a tree and act like a nut!

If you are hunting squirrels (read: shallow, insensitive girls with little or no personal insight), then it makes sense to play by the seduction "rules" proposed on many cheesy websites & in popular books geared towards men.

However, if you are interested in attracting and developing a relationship with a deep, sensitive, insightful woman, you'll need to quit climbing trees & acting like a nut.  :lol:


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: Veritas]
    #8608528 - 07/08/08 02:51 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

Talk about being insightful all you want, most people are still strongly affected by their subconscious and their genes.

Veritas would you be more attracted to a guy who swoons over you, caters to your every whim, begs for your forgiveness if he offends you; or a man who wants to share his life with you, respects you, and seeks to achieve common goals with you.

Sure the first guy might be a moral, upstanding person, and the second guy might be cold and insensitive on the inside. But who would catch your eye, and hold your attention first?


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Re: The Relationship Building Mind Games....? [Re: BrainChemistry]
    #8608609 - 07/08/08 03:16 PM (4 months, 13 days ago)

I did not say that people were not influenced by other factors, but rather that the stupid seduction games proposed here were geared towards attracting a certain type of female.

Why do the behaviors/attitudes you propose have to be an either/or?  I am not interested in men who are desperate to be with me, nor men who have not developed their own lives. 

The guy who would "catch my eye" is the one who openly and respectfully demonstrates his interest in my mind and body.  The guys who play games & act aloof are not attractive to me.

How does telling a woman that you have strong feelings for her = unattractive desperation?  The "opposite" behaviors you've proposed are NOT what the seduction community teaches men.  Respect has NOTHING to do with manipulation nor mind-games.

The idea of "keeping your power" is central to the seduction community, and it involves being dishonest and manipulative, while suppressing all of your natural inclination to behave in a loving manner towards the woman you love.  :thumbdown:

Again, if you want to catch "squirrels," feel free to climb that tree & act like a nut.  The non-squirrely women will pass you by in favor of the man who acts like a human being, and treats them as people & not puppets.


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No man is free who is not master of himself.
~Epictetus.


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