Riley wrote:like standing up for him in fighting situations?
No, R, I think the patterning language that Derek was talking about is more related to NLP and involves a LV anchor that you can use to associate the boyfriend with the idea of low value, and yourself with the idea of high value.
The taking-his-side trick is a psychologically-oriented trick that I developed that discourages the PUA from agreeing with the target when she is
already a bit exasperated with her boyfriend.
In this case, the PUA would disagree with her, thereby disqualifying himself and making his intentions seem pure, and side with the boyfriend.
Now the obvious problem with this is that if the PUA makes a convincing argument in this scenario, it could push the target back into the arms of the boyfriend. The PUA has to be careful to use flimsy, non-convincing logic such as "well he might be having a long week at work", so that when the target reflects on the incident, she remembers two things.
(a) my boyfriend's excuse for being a jackass was ridiculous,
and (b) but the other guy (you) was so sweet and tried to calm me down and take care of me.
It establishes you as the alpha, the tribal leader, the one with the ability to take care of her and stimulate her survival impulses, while not framing you as threatening or trying to move in on her.
It's a very specific technique that can't be used too often or too widely, less the PUA do the very thing he's trying NOT to do, which is to send the girl sailing back into her boyfriend's open arms.
Good luck, happy destroying. We'll talk more about this in person later.
-P