[WD-40]

SMP value apparently doesn't matter much once potential partners get to know you better, according to Paul W. Eastwick and Lucy L. Hunt:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/opinio...rable.html

Of course there is a rub to it that they don't mention, and that is that SMP value is used mainly to pre-screen, so that if you are perceived as undesirable by a woman, she won't want to get to know you better even if it were true that she would desire you if only she were to truly get to know you.

The article does lend however some credence to the notion that beta-ish long game might work provided you get your foot in the door.

[Handsome Creepy Eel]

I call articles like this "Beta bait".

[WD-40]

I especially enjoy the implied idea that a woman might actually appreciate you for who you are. <sarcasm>

Just be yourself!

[Mage]

Just be nice to women and you will win in the long run, because love is a marathon and not a sprint. All those immature jerks who banged your girl in her prime will stay immature and continue banging young girls well in their forties and fifties while a mature woman will scorn them and reward you with her hand in marriage where you will experience a truly egalitarian relationship. You will go around and laugh in the face of all those rude fuckers because the girl whom they treated so badly, who's pussy they deflowered so disrespectfully choose you over them to be her provider and sponsor for the second part of her life where you will enjoy the privilege of aging together. But of course love is a mystery and there are no warrants...

[ElBorrachoInfamoso]

[Tytalus]

This is where you've got to read Athol Kay's blog marriedmansexlife.com to understand the broader picture of how to maintain a LTR successfully.

[Rotisserie]

Quote:

Desirable qualities like attractiveness, charisma and success — the features that differentiate the haves from the have-nots — are readily apparent.

Very interesting article. We can't all be attractive, but charisma and success we can certainly build on. This is essentially advocating game. However...

Quote:

So if you do not have a high mate value, take heart. All you need is for others to have the patience to get to know you, and a more level playing field should follow.

Social circle game. Yoga, here I come.