by Guest » Thu May 06, 2010 12:04 pm
I think you're creating some limiting beliefs with respect to how you look and how you can, and cannot, act. I don't think women have an issue with attractive men, they have an inssue with cocky, attractive men. You know, the ones that are attractive, know it, and act like it. Yeah, women hate those guys, just as men hate beautiful women that think that they're all that.
If you're attractive, don't act like a douche. But, if you're not attractive, don't act like a douche. It's not the attractiveness that's the problem, it's that you are probably being perceived, right or wrongly I don't know, as being a douche. The better looking you are, the more likely you will be thought of as a douche. I think you've figured that part out already.
Remember, being the 'hot guy' is good, it's a great asset, but it's not going to give you some kind of prestige. There are a lot of hot guys out there you know. But, there aren't many hot guys that can engage a woman in conversation and capture her imagination. That's rare and that's what really dictates whether you get flaked on or not. I've had women tell me I'm hot, for the life of me I don't see what they're talking about, but I've heard them say it and, sure, it's nice to hear but I think it's a really shitty complement. It's straightup superficial and has nothing to do with the fabric of you. But, if a girl says that she's never dated any one like you before, then you're fucking in bro. That's what you want, to be the guy that's like no other. I can assure you that virtually every attractive woman on this planet has dated the hot guy at some point in time...big fucking deal. Shit, I've seen the exs of some of the girls that I dated AND some of the guys they start dating after our relationship was over and I'm routinely shocked at how good looking some of these men are compared to me. And, I've had many of these same women linger in my life for extended periods of time because they cared more for me than any one else they've been with, even if things didn't work out. The hot guy attracts attention and catches her eye, but the true spoils go to the guy that captures her mind and imaginiation.
Looks are important. The goal with how you look is to not let your looks be an impediment or deal-breaker for her. The real work is done through your words, your personality, your humor, and your demeanor. Humans are visual creatures, but love and geniune interest is driven by the mind not the eyes.
Finally, this book you quoted, "The Rules." Yeah, women read a lot of that shit, way more than even what we read about women. They always ask the same questions about how they should act with a guy they like and the advice is almost always the same. Don't be too available, don't be too interested, don't be too clingy. But, they keep selling books. Why? Because they don't follow the advice because their emotions get in the way. Like I said, if you have captured a woman's mind, it's going to be next to impossible for her to not seek you out, to not yearn to be with you, she'll be addicted to you, and she'll act as such.
Women flake out on men that didn't capture her mind because he's just another guy, but if you did capture her mind, then she's going to seek you out.