Quote: (09-29-2015 04:16 PM)PolymathGuru Wrote:
I wonder if they were trolling him for an hour and a half? Especially from Matt.
I don't know Matt personally, but I was involved in FDR long enough to get a sense of who he is. Zero chance Matt is trolling. Absolutely zero chance.
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On September 27th, Matt posted, "I want to give you all an update, which is that Kristina and I have broken up. I won't get in to many details, except to say that the call opened up a lot more problems that should have been evident to me from the very beginning.
Thank you to those friends who sent me their words of support and, of course, thanks to Stef for giving me the tough love I needed to hear."
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But on September 28th, Matt posted, "Kristina and I have worked things out and are back together. She apologized to me and agreed to be exclusive as long as I'm not comfortable with her having sex outside of our relationship. We plan on going to couples therapy together.
Most of the comments on this thread have been heartfelt in this time of difficulty for us--so thank you. I'd like to say a word to those who had a strong negative reaction to the call. If you knew Kristina you would think it ridiculous that all she cares about is sex and money. I'll admit, we both have trauma to deal with and that could be a whole show in itself... but I have no doubt this one is a NAWALT, aka: Not All Women Are Like That. I knew that from day one even though I failed to articulate it during the call with Stef.
If you still think she is a gold-digging whore and I, thereby, a mangina-sniffing doormat, you can go fuck yourself. You certainly won't be getting any of my woman."
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This website was published to promote an FDR Meet-Up Group. While none of the people depicted are Matt, I promise you that the photos depict what "A Typical FDR Listener" looks like.
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samsamsam, I'll expand upon Peaceful Parenting some time later.
There's a difference between Peaceful Parenting as everyone sees it (and expects it to be) AND Peaceful Parenting as Stefan promotes it. So I need to carefully research these differences.
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Quote: (09-25-2015 01:21 PM)kaotic Wrote:
I now question Stefan's views, especially after he called her a 9. Granted he does have some great points. But the fact he rejects game and banned an RVF member raises my eyebrows.
To be fair, Stefan didn't ban me. His assistant Michael Demarco banned me after I received numerous complaints (downvotes) for being against therapy and pro pick-up artistry / Game / self-improvement. Stefan hasn't visited his message board in over a year, and so may be ignorant about my banning.
Also, to be fair, I included some minor trolling elements in some of my posts - but I wasn't trolling nearly as hard as I could have.
BUT, in my defense: (1) There are many former FDR members who insist that FDR is a "closed, cult-like environment" where dissenters are rapidly identified and banned AND (2) It is very difficult, during a call-in show, for anyone to get their anti-FDR point in. One of my friends was repeatedly interrupted and peppered with irrelevant questions, (to the point where some members whom I Skype with declared that they "had lost all respect for Stefan after that". (3) There are also former FDR members who insist that FDR is a cult.
Overall, I do think that FDR is cult-like - but not a cult. And I do insist that the overwhelming majority of its members are frightfully non-masculine, yet want women to love them. In fact, I looked at their photos while lurking on this board - and the photos were my final impetus away from FDR and towards RVF.