[QUOTE=Carnal;38650]So who here has actually managed a harem before?
I would REALLY like to pick the brains of individuals who have had [I]first hand experience[/I] with harems, not someone who has had some success with women and believes that is experience enough to start giving out advice.
It would also be beneficial for me to engage intellectually with someone experienced with this rather than someone who breaks down the way I wrote up my post without giving any firsthand knowledge.
The contents of my post is not a solid representation of who I am, it was simply a reflection of the state of mind that I was in at the time I wrote it. For those of you who may be reading into this statement please don't assume that I'm qualifying myself here, I'm merely discussing... there's a difference.[/QUOTE]
Hey man, I think you got exactly what you're asking for...I know for a fact that I've managed harems. PC has managed them, Prodigy is currently managing one (or at the very least, juggling one), I'm pretty sure Lion and UncleHOwie have as well.
So, you got relatively specific advice from guys that have been there.
Without giving numbers or credentials, which is cheesy and pompuous, I know HOW to do it. And, honestly, it takes A LOT of work and A LOT of lying by omission and even some straight up blatant lies (although, like PC, I tried to stay away from that as much as possible) and A LOT of framing/manipulating and A LOT of sacrifice (you have to make time for them so you lose time to focus on your hobbies, time to work out, time to hang with your friends, and time to just sit around and do absolutely nothing)...oh and nothing is free in life, I blew through a windfall bonus/severance package that I received about 5 years ago over the span of a year managing a gaggle of various women.
When you have success with some women it starts to bleed into success with more women. When you're getting involved in PU for the first time and you're hungry and have any level of compentency and devote enough time to the art it's virtually impossible to NOT inadvertently build a harem. I have no doubt that most on here have a ton of experience dealing with harems and with juggling multiple women. And, I think you got a lot of that wisdom you were seeking out.
Understand, you asked a general question. How do I build harems? And, you got general answers. Now, if you have specific questions, we can all chime in and you can take whatever advice you think is best given each scenario/situtation.
If I asked, how does Pick-Up work, then I'm going to get a bunch of general, random responses. Nothing too specific and probably nothing too useful to put into practice...a starting point, sure, but not the specifics I'll need to effectively do it.
[QUOTE=Carnal;38650]I stated that I am outcome dependant. I'm looking for a way to go about this so that I don't push away girls that I could've easily kept around if I gamed them differently.
I want to talk about outcome dependancy for a minute.
Name one guy that does not build temporary inflated ego and confidence from fucking hot chics and I will name 10 that do.
Isn't Everyone outcome dependant to a certain extent? Isn't that why some people choose to go to college, so they can be successful and increase their chances of attracting a high value mate.
Isn't that why people add or remove certain qualities, too or from our repertoire soo that we will appear more attractive.
If your style sucks, you strengthen it, because you are outcome dependant.
If you're fat, you workout to loose weight/gain muscle because you're outcome dependant.
Changing anything about yourself to become more attractive is changing who you are because you want to attract a chic and keep her, hence being outcome dependant.[/QUOTE]
There's a difference between being dependent on an outcome and simply wanting something better or more. When you're entire life and personae becomes dependent on losing weight you begin to engage in destructive activities. The idea is to acknowledge that you're doing this to become a better man but to also understand that shedding some pounds and having a rocking body isn't going to define you as a person.
That's what outcome independence means: not letting the outcome of your endeavors define you as a man. If you bang an HB10, GREAT!!! Good for you. But, so what? You're still a fucking stud and a great man no matter if you nailed her or not. Enjoy the accomplishment, sure, but it doesn't make you you.
[QUOTE=Carnal;38650]Its easy enough to state: "if the girl isn't down, she is gone.'' This is not a helpful statement at all. Its an obvious statement. What I'm interested in is keeping the majority of them around.[/QUOTE]
Actually, the statement may not be helpful but the mentality of the man that believes this way and acts as such is absolutely helpful. You want to build a harem and keep it? Then, you have to get them to buy into your reality. If she's not down for that, then she'll never be eligible to be a part of YOUR harem...so, you HAVE to decide to just work on her OR next her for the sake of your harem.
[QUOTE=Carnal;38650]The primary thing I am trying to work out is sustaining the same group. But I've never been able to manage that. When I've told girls in the past that I was seeing other chics, they either chase me hard core or they walk.[/QUOTE]
From my perspective, you got the answer to this you were seeking. I said it, PC said it, UncleHOwie agreed to it, and Lion said it.
If you want something more specific, by all means, we're all ears...
