Quote: (12-21-2016 03:57 PM)The_e_man Wrote:
How to inoculate my girlfriend from future players like me: Hah. There are always going to be guys with better game than me, better looking than me, better style than me, more money than me, more status than me, cooler lifestyle than me, more friends than me, etc. And if I have a gorgeous 9 or 10 girlfriend, I'm sure they are all going to be trying to hit her up.
Ultimately, you can't lock a women in your basement 24 hours of the day to "protect" her from other guys so it is 100% up to her if she wants to cheat on you or not.
So sure, her logical brain might be like "okay, I love my boyfriend. yes, other guys that are better looking or whatever than him want me. But I love what I have with my boyfriend." Thats her prefrontal cortex in action. Here's the problem though, her emotional brain thinks this "HYPERGAMY, HYPERGAMY, HYPERGAMY" which is mostly her mid-brain and hindbrain thinking these things, fully away from the grasp of the conscious control of her prefrontal cortex. AND, to make things even worse, the subconscious mind is powerful and takes control of the conscious mind all of the time. So she can even rationalize her behaviour in the moment. I know this is true because I see it right in front of me when women cheat on their boyfriends with me. They truly don't think they are doing anything wrong, they have convinced themselves with some mental acrobatics that their behaviour is justified.
How does a man defend himself against such a powerful unconscious force going on inside a woman's head? I wish I had the answer to that, brother.
You're right about all these things, I guess I'm just more optimistic about the outcomes.
I've also had several girls cheat on their boyfriends with me, although not for one-night stuff. Unfortunately these girls are generally cuter, and the flesh is weak.
A lot of these girls have a similar problem, which is that they're not getting their mid and hindbrains tickled by their significant others. The 'consequences' somehow do not outweigh the benefits of being with someone who can satisfy those baser instincts.
The common trend I see is that guys in general are push-overs, or thirsty. If you are consistently, subtly, and with calculated indifference hinting at what the consequences would be, that you can be out of her life any second, and be happy without her, that should get you a step in the right direction. If you are consistently in a place where you are literally invaluable to her, and that your happiness doesn't depend on her whatsoever, also helps. How do you gain that massive amount of value, as a man, though? It comes from what you do for a living, your perspective, and very simply how much of a man you are. To emphasize, not how much of a man you can be, but how much of a man you are. At 23 you're early on and you can position yourself to have a beast career that will allow you to have the type of value I'm talking about. Now that you've reached 100, and we all know that is a time-suck, hopefully you've been satiated enough that now you can focus on how to become the best you can be in other facets, to trade with the 9s on a more even playing field.
If you explain to her, what you just explained in your answer here, that is a step in the right direction. I do it all the time. That's how, I think, you can beef up that pre-frontal cortex, while also tickling that animal brain by showing you know what you're talking about, what you're looking for, and your and her place in the world.
Big congrats again man.
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