[QUOTE=traxxus;41068]To overcome this, I guess I might do a future projection with heavy emphasis on sensuality or heavily romantic/sexual overtones. I also might use anticipated regret to paint a picture of loneliness/sadness at some point in the future and then provide a behavioral plan (ie. or you could kiss me now and avoid that lonely empty feeling in your bed tonight) that allowed her to avoid that regret, thereby inciting change. I never have tried the utilizing anticipated regret, but I imagine it could be a really powerful tool for frame setting and influence.[/QUOTE]
Man, you guys have devoted a lot of time to this. I've never been a fan of 'setting frames.' Instead, I'm more of a setting expectations kind of person. I use examples from my past or current life to communicate what I want and expect from a woman. So, if I expect for sex to be fun and crazy then I say something like:
"If you have a vibrant, strong sex life with someone. If you're with someone that you enjoy objectifying and vice versa, then when you hit rough patches in life or in the relationship you still have that to fall back on...it's a strong bond that can help your relationship from falling apart. When the sex dies, the relationship dies..."
You could argue the above is a frame but I see it more as me telling them what I want from them and giving them direction and permission to act that way. Essentially, I'm using my authority as the respected male to free her from the guilt, fear, and/or timidness to do what it is that I NEED for her to do so that I'M happy and fulfilled.
When I hear frame I think manipulation. When I hear setting expectations I think that as the authoriative male in the relationship I'm directing and leading her to act in a way that I require or want from her. I'm not manipulating her, I'm giving her a purpose.
Having said that, this is a mind fuck frame (I heard this from someone else so I'm not taking the credit):
You're lying in bed with your woman, holding her after you just gave her the roggering of a lifetime. You don't look at her, you look off in the distance at the door to leave the room. Then, you say:
Bull Run: "See that door. How would you feel if I got up right now and walked out that door to never return? No goodbye, no looking back. The last thing you see is my cute butt walking away. How would that make you feel?"
HB Random: "What? That would make me feel awful, truly awful. Don't go."
Bull Run: "I'm not but when I'm not happy and fulfilled in a relationship, that's what I do when I leave. I walk out the door, never to return..."
They're usually silent at this point. And, they usually bury themselves into your chest even more than they already have. They're basically experiencing the pain of you leaving. They're feeling it right then and there and they realize they DON'T like it one bit. This will build massive amounts of authority for you and compliance from her.
I see the first example as setting expectations and the second example as setting a frame. I could be wrong because I don't generally think of 'frames' and the like, instead I think of creating authority and demanding compliance. But, I see it as a frame because it's not necessarily a geniune thing. If it's true that when you're not happy you just walk out the door, then I think you could argue it's closer to setting an expectation (kind of). If it's not true then I think it's straight up manipulation, which is what I view a frame as. You're boxing someone into thinking or feeling something, you're forcing them to feel or react in a certain way. I know this happens everyday in life but I still think it's a socially dysfunctional method of dealing with people.
