LordFall

Right but you didn’t answer my question why don’t you think you deserve a 10/10 partner? It is because you know you are slacking on your dating and social development and thus probably can’t attract one so you should be thankful for what you get? Not trying to be rude I think it’s a helpful dichotomie to investigate I have spent a lot of years working on my dating life to fit my standards and the people that don’t from what I’m seeing are getting predictably mediocre results. It's not something to be ashamed about but I would seriously advice working on it and fixing it so you feel confident in the world's abundance in that aspect.

I’m committed to levelling up—both professionally and socially as well as fixing my emotional and communication issues. I’m also building a fun, abundant lifestyle to invite high-standard partners into. I don't think people with high standards are shallow; I'd say it's actually a sign of depth and maturity. People that haven't worked on themselves tend to have shallow criteria and low standards.

@Asayake Out of 10 what quality of partner do you think you deserve? If you answer anything other than 10 you're low self-esteem or lazy in my books. It makes a lot of these situations easy to diagnose. Person is settling -> doesn't understand how to become more attractive/believe that that they can't become more attractive/their subconscious runs an equation that they're not willing to put enough energy to improve themselves Only really 3 options If you're not looking to maximize your love life, what exactly are you optimizing for? If your core strategy in life isn't about self-actualizing your relationships and purpose, you're just default-optimizing for comfort and derping through life.

I mean the historical version is just an extreme example of class warfare. Need more capital -> Go invade a foreign land -> Kill and enslave the men -> Take their women You can argue it's still what's happening today just with lower stakes. I think a harem is a really great idea and setup. You're motivated to work hard as a man and you get femininine women that revolve around you and live with you. I'm working on scaling my business to have the cashflow to support a polycule by myself. I think having your women with with you on your business is the peak possible lifestyle.

I argued for greater compatibility, you're straw manning my point by saying it was mostly about short term pleasure and adventure. Having a lot of sex and FWBs for example is a way to learn more about what you want but not the only way. The reason I posted my posts as an clear archetype is so basically give a theory for Pattrick to identify with. If he was not a new traveller and been in Indonesia for 10 years already and had been with different women during that time then he could easily diagnose that my advice doesn't make sense and he's having another issue than just being for the first time in a dating market that's favourable to him. > The problem is the intellectual gap. Her English is limited, though improving, and she has little natural interest in introspection, personal development, or complex ideas. I could get intellectual stimulation from friends, but it still hurts that I cannot share that part of myself with the person I would spend most of my life with. I worry that, over time, I would feel deeply lonely inside the relationship. In my experience in the dating that miss-match in MBTI types would produce a result similar to what OP described. To me I've had that experience myself plenty of times as an INTP where people either completely zone out of my ideas and I have to bring it back to something they said to get their entertainment, some people who like discussing ideas at length and some people who are willing to entertain ideas up to a point. I don't think I could myself be able to live in a relationship with a person of the first type and the 2nd type perhaps in a polyamorous setup where I'm in abundance so I they don't have to entertain my ideas they can see the result and the 3rd type would be main primary partner potential in a hierarchal polyamorous setup or for a monogamous paradigm a good compatibility pairing. The pushback against leaving often comes from a scarcity mindset in my experience. There are reasons to fight for commitment but at the end of the honeymoon phase with the symptoms OP described it seems like a clear next and explore what's out there more instead of doubling down. A doubling down case for me would be like you have dated a lot and know what you want and have found it but there are slight incompatibilities like you live in different countries and it seems like it would be an inconvenience to move for her but she has a good reason to stay like close with family and wants their help in raising your future kids and you know she's what you're looking for because you have dated similar types and she fits all the boxes apart from a sacrifice that you are okay with making if you introspect on it.

Cool thanks for sharing. It sounds like a great event format. Will you try it again?

I'd be curious for feedback for people that have attended them. I haven't yet, will give it a go for my own dating life but also thinking of running them for my dating business. Was it worth it? How did you like the people there? Would you go again/recommend it to a friend? Best story wins a cookie

@Patrick_9931 Thanks for the update. No shame in getting hooked on love even if it's based out of comfort more than growth. The good part is that the upside in this hero's journey is potentially endless. What women have to offer you as a man is basically unlimited and now that you've experienced this perhaps you'll experience with other forms of relationships. For myself I'm also still exploring my options and will give polyamory a go soon. Will be also starting a world tour starting in January this year hopefully and seeing what the world and the women in it have to offer. I would give social circle game a go if I were you, it's how you find women that are highly compatible with you and fit specific niches and interests so for me I like business, finance and game design and I've hosted my first fashion show event last year that was probably one of the best days of my life. I host photoshoots and group diners as well. It's important to try different types to see what you like. I've met some really cool women over the past couple of years and the quality I tend to be able to attract seems to only be going up. https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18036783041423983/

Obviously have authentic hobbies but getting girls is a legitimate hobby and pursuit. Women are interwoven to our world so tighly that figuring them out teaches you most of what you need to learn about reality. Plenty of things I wouldn't partake in if there were no reward of women and status involved. It's like Disney World bro, dudes take their kids and girl to Disney World not because they would go by themselves but because it makes for a cool combined experience for all involved.

It's true. I like mature women and milfs a lot but a lot of popular culture seems to be against older women. Mimetic desire is an interesting phenomenon, it talks about how we get most of our desires from other people either due to validation seeking, wanting status or I mean even in a self-exploration way it's a pretty valid way to figure out stuff through other people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimetic_theory Relativity is really a complex thing.

@Jirh Also keep in mind looksmatching which basically makes you attracted to people you think you have a chance with. Your ego doesn’t like to lust after someone they don’t think they can get especially if you haven’t gotten past rejection anxiety.

I want to pivot to online consulting services and have a few high ticket clients instead of working with people locally. I had one client that basically funded my lifestyle for a year while in Calgary so if I can replicate that online with a few more I’ll be set.

Watching his newest video right now For me it's hitting me hard how I need to get my finances in order and finally become financially independent now that I'm 31. I thought I would've made it a long time ago. Not a lot of people that I know ended up becoming successful let alone particularly happy. This stuff is hard, stage orange is no joke.

@Jordan of the Shire Do you mind sharing with us what's happened since you left that relationship? Were you not able to find other people that you were more aligned with?

Here are my ideas 1) In general at around the 9 month mark is when the honeymoon phase of a relationship ends and people tend to see each other accurately. You can feel free to try harder when it gets hard but if you're having core incompatibilities it's gonna be hard to move past that. This is why I offered the MBTI idea so OP can literally test himself and see if his personality and his partner are more or less compatibles and decide if he wants to move forward as he fishes. There are other frameworks like the big 5 where trait openness compatibility is also important in partners. 2) Usually people that don't have a lot of options have a scarcity mindset. I've detailed one archetype that OP could fall into i.e. OP being a western dude who wasn't particularly successful in his dating life in the west moving to Indonesia and then hitched himself with the first could he could. That is an assumption that can be wrong but seems like it fits in the profile in my experience. We can't really go further than this in our assumptions before OP gives me more detail. 3) It would make sense that people with not a lot of abundance that are in scarcity would he more heavily skew towards trying to make something work that's not incompatible because they have low standards. That seems harsh but that's how abundance works in any competitive market. If you have not a low of job offers you're gonna accept something that's not as great as someone who has many other offers that can afford to be pickier in his or her decisions. You never made a point that contradicts this you just said that you think being risk adverse would make this decision difficult. I've explained why this mindset is not optimal in my view and consistent with someone with in a position of scarcity as opposed to being wise.