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That really is amazing an independent host like him is able to do that, kudos to him. With interviewers like Rogan though I only find myself watching when he has interesting guests that I know of. Joe is a pretty unique guy but even so I wouldn't just watch because of him.

I got "Anxious/Preoccupied", doing a bit of self-psycho-analyzing - I guess even though I got everything I needed materially/emotionally and my parents were always there and provided for all my needs, I STILL feel a general angst and slight but consistent background paranoia. That I'm always doing something wrong, or I'm not normal. Even though my past 3 relationships have been very healthy, I guess I just have low self-esteem even if everything seems to be going perfect. Tis a curse.

This clip and Rose Wrist's response is exactly the dividing line we've been talking about in this thread.

Dude, she doesn't want to be your friend, or your girlfriend. She wants your money. DO NOT EVER give money prior to meeting up. Whether it's with a model or an escort. You will get scammed. Even if you don't get scammed and you date her, what the hell is the point? The "relationship" will fundamentally be based on business, and if you decide to stop giving her money she is gone. Why don't you just date a regular person for free?

This is fucking golden. +1.

In a logical sense, Elon is right to a degree and I think people are a bit too harsh with him. The issue is billionaires will always think they know what capitol allocation is best 100% of the time, and are too fundamentally selfish to know the moments when they should give it up. It's about smoothing things out, not giving all money to either him or the government. The problem really isn't rich people in my opinion. Everyone wants to be rich, and if you get rich it's usually because you helped a ton of people. The abuse and rigging usually happens after the fact. It's that the tax systems are completely non-sensical and don't scale the way we need them to. People at the very bottom or close to it shouldn't even be paying 10%, they should be paying next to ZERO until they get on their feet, which they need to the most capitol for than anybody else.

It's only as much effort as you decide put in. Just because you are dating actively doesn't mean you are obligated to kiss/have sex with them all. I was juggling about 5-7 girls within a month last year, but I only committed emotionally and physically to the one I found was the best match. I respectfully cut ties with everyone else at that point, or they did with me. It teaches you to be detached and think more clearly and objectively about if someone is a healthy match for you, instead of having it as your only option so by default you might behave needy. Leo answered it well also. Basically you want to have options or a bunch of experience and history to build yourself so you have a healthy level of detachment. Just don't be a sociopath that is just looking to lie to use them as walking fleshlights, have the balls to be honest about your intentions. Think about teenagers/young people. Their relationships are almost always very cringe and filled with massive blind spots and attachment issues, because they are needy and don't have that reference for what is healthy or what kind of person they are meant to be with. This is exactly why when those relationships crash and burn they are more prone to having dramatic reactions, like some guy crashing into a tree because he was drunk driving, or the girl threatening suicide because she wasn't "the one". Of course adults can react in stupid ways too, but it doesn't have quite the same "flare".

That's enough.

Idk why I immediately read the quoted part in Trump's voice and not my own and burst out laughing

Don't think about the literal numbers too much, those don't really matter unless you're flirting too close to the legal limits. The correct thing to focus on is the maturity levels and power dynamics. There is nothing wrong with large age gap relationships, if the relationship is more or less healthy.

I'm going to suggest you do have problems with self respect, otherwise you wouldn't be rationalizing that cheating could save the relationship. To respect yourself means that you don't willingly violate your own integrity. If he is busy you could suggest or hint to him you want to spend more time together to build that intimacy and tension up so you can cum and get that release. Why not plan a holiday somewhere private? Or set up a weekly date night so he can't fill it up with work?

Yes. - Cheating on him is a terrible thing to do, for yourself and definitely for him. You don't want to carry that with you, and you don't want to leave that with him if he found out. - You don't break up with him because of his size either. That will absolutely crush his self-esteem for many years, and is humiliating. - You also don't suggest to open the relationship or guilt him into being a cuck. That's also humiliating and will have him questioning himself for the remainder of the relationship. You don't really have any of those as options if you have any respect for yourself, him, or the relationship, so don't be a coward and do any of the above. If you really love him what you CAN do is explore other options, and you don't even have to bring them up in a way that says "hey I'm not satisfied". What Leo said is good. Bring toys into the bedroom, learn about different positions, do more foreplay, have slower more intimate sex, have sex more frequently so he lasts longer. He will WANT to get better and learn if you show him. There are a lot of possibilities to remedy this, you don't have to jump to the worst options that will leave him hurt.

The fear is usually prior, once you're actually doing you'll realize it was never really there.

Sounds like you already know the answer , you're just seeking a little more validation on it. You're exactly right! You just need to socialize with them more, maybe download some dating apps just to practice talking to them (you don't have to ask to meet them if you don't want). When you're out in public, try to talk to women of all ages, doesn't matter if it's sexual or not. Just interact. Reflect on any avoidant behaviors you have to get away or escape females, and make an effort to stamp those behaviors out. Trust that, that feeling of "separation" will wither away as you get more experience. Believe me it will. You don't need to be scared of women either, they don't bite............. well except for a few haha.

So you were into her and just made the mistake of not acting on it when you wanted? If you hang out again your only real shot to make things work is to lay it out on the floor early in your meet about what happened, "hey I was hesitant because we are both co-workers and I wasn't sure about what I wanted, but I'm willing to put that behind because I know I want you." Something along those lines. Be raw, direct, and emotional with her. OR you could absorb this lesson and move onto the next girl, because the sting of her rejecting you again to what I said above might be unnecessary. If it were me though I would just take the lesson and move on in life. This could be an excellent opportunity to detach.

This was just a communication mismatch. Taking you at what you've said, what happened was; - She was into you and made the first move (giving her number) - You didn't reciprocate intimate interest, you flirt a little but don't make advancements or kiss her, stayed professional - This puts in her mind you aren't into her in that way, she is ok with that and just wants a friend anyways - Then when you hang out again you push like you ARE into her in that way and don't want her as just a friend Basically she gave you an opportunity early, but you didn't take it. You waited too long to make a move which confused her and turned her off from the possibility. She is very likely lying when she said "I'm not looking for a relationship right now", she actually was, but you didn't take the chance fast enough, ie masculine decisiveness. That's fine if you didn't really want her or were confused, but you need to communicate that to her. I can't actually tell from your story though, did you want a relationship with her above friends @Anon212? Or just to friends with benefits? The way you eliminate neediness is by being disciplined to being in a "mode". Either you are looking for a relationship actively, or you aren't. Then you communicate that explicitly with them at some point. Don't do this inbetween shit where you aren't sure because it leads to stuff like this.

I've gone down a bit of a mrgirl rabbit-hole the past few days. I've noticed a particular but important difference between him and everyone else is he isn't concerned so much with the "conquering" aspects the Tier 1 stages seem to have, his goal is to figure out the dynamics between all the different modes of thinking and expose those dynamics in a way that gets people to reflect and tone down their judgmental inhibitions. In a way it's actually quite amusing seeing people react to him. He seems to serve an effective role of shining a light on the dark aspects of the cultural psyche. In one interview he said, "If we can get people to empathize with pedophiles, we can get them to empathize with anybody." Absolutely.

Stop giving so much authority to other people. You are insulting your own existence.

@Scholar Great clip! I have a extremely high tolerance for horror/gore/scary things, but the bear scene from that movie I remember catching me so off guard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl5sUEqzcp8&ab_channel=AimlessThunder

Eh you don't need to worry about "siding" with any of them just to talk about them. You can have just one foot in their sandbox, so to speak. The problem is online dynamics make us so uncharitable and everyone is so paranoid about how they are viewed for their positions, it makes us behave in oddly dehumanizing ways. The only way to fix this is regulating the shit out of social media companies, but that's a conversation for another day. I actually think Ben Shapiro is a good person and don't mind listening to an interview of him once in a blue moon, and I'm left leaning/voting on nearly every political issue or topic. He might be a bit too rigid, but I don't think that's a crime that invalidates someone's genuine intentions. Even if the methods are a little dated or seem in opposition to the flavor of the time. Same with Jordan Peterson. People narrowly focus on the politics and cultural games too much and ignore the real world impacts. The guy has probably saved tens of thousands of people from suicide and other kinds of harm. Compared to 99% of people (including Leo), he's practically Gandhi. Maybe it's just me, but I find people pretty easy to read. Even if you don't agree on certain stances, you can sense the direction their intentions are headed. This will be broad > but I think when you are headed in the direction of "Goodness" it's important to make an effort to carry everyone who is also interested in that along, even if their perspectives don't match yours or have inefficiencies. You have to be very careful about what and who you "leave behind", because they will usually come back to bite you in the ass one last time.

Probably not. Most grifters like him are generally cowards and don't have the honesty to revisit things if they feel they've been framed as the "winner" optically. I call Vaush a grifter while thinking he's at the absolute limits of that term. I don't think he isn't genuinely interested in progressivism or has bad intentions, but he has deeply settled into playing and exploiting a role, and has shown an immaturity that makes me unconvinced he will break out of being so beholden to his community anytime soon. I've watched a handful of mrgirl content after you linked this. He is absolutely a master comedian, sadly he might be slightly ahead of his time. It feels like we are just getting over the crest of left wing insanity and those forces might make him a casualty of that before they taper off. We'll see though.

Why does it need to be such an ultimatum? Is there not a way you could go part-time or delegate some things so you have more spare time to travel and learn about the next thing you want to do?

Stop asking silly questions, notice this is just your ego deflecting from purging your own bullshit. Stop worrying about what other people are doing. If she just wants casual sex and fails to communicate that, you take on the work getting better at communicating yourself so you can fucking pry an honest answer from her. You CANNOT control or influence others. Your only option is to become a beacon of light and shine for others as an example.

It's really ok for men AND women to use each other for sex. The actual problem with this arises because we don't honestly communicate our intentions to one another (either intentionally or not), so we feel betrayed when things don't work out the way we want. The solution to your issue here @Hardkill isn't to distract yourself with cultural narratives about what men or women shouldn't be allowed to do. Focus on your own selfishness and take responsibility for improving your own communication skills that contributed to this happening, instead of being resentful that you can't get away with what other selfish people are doing.

This is the kind of warped apocalyptic red pill lie that comes from spending too much time online. It is simply not the case.