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LR  2014, my story, 3FRs to come

SalsaChops

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Hi All,

I'm new to GC, but not to seduction. Something in my head just "clicked" for me about a month ago after becoming completely addicted to GC and reading the articles and posts here (particularly Zphinx and Tool's post called "still not getting results"). I'm 40, and recently divorced amicably (legally done early 2014), and I've been through 2 years of personal growth and transformation since my ex moved out (new job, lasik, facial hair, makeover in style, voice, and body language, lost 25 lbs, etc.). I became a Salsa dancing addict about a year ago after randomly finding myself at a club for a Meetup event (I live in the Western U.S. in a major city). I enjoy the cultural "shift" to a more "latin" culture in salsa clubs, where human contact and sexual expression through dance are considered more natural compared to a typical night club. NYE 2013 was my first LR (at salsa club, posted below), and I had very little going on (not even many dates) after that until I found GC and started "manning up" to get girls out on dates and/or to a SL in the last month. I'm posting here to give and get feedback, as just logging every night out in a notepad on my phone the last month or so has been very productive. Chase's post on how to "Level up" indicated posting for feedback is also helpful, so I figure wtf.

LR: NYE 2013 into 2014 "afterparty": I met "HBDoc" at a major NYE Salsa event last year, at the biggest club in my city, she was an exotically beautiful blonde who turned out to be a full blown MD just starting a new job (more on that later). The owner had hired 3 live bands to play until 5 am. I often arrive early at these Salsa events to meet people, socialize, and take the beginner lesson which makes the beginner girls more comfortable with dancing with me later in the evening (I had only been majorly out dancing for about 7 weeks at this point). On this particular night, I was a bit too early (Latin clubs are usually dead until about 90 min past the announced starting time) and there was no lesson, and I had noticed that my fingernails had gotten a bit too long (I have a "problem" with this, they grow really fast), so I went to a local drugstore and got some nail clippers for my car (this is foreshadowing, and actually matters later). I parked again in my usual spot, and headed back in. The DJ was playing music (the bands hadn't started yet) and HBDoc shows up and we start dancing and talking about various things (a note for those new to partner dancing here: the approaches are easier in dancing if you just confidently walk up and ask a girl to dance. They have less value though, so the value really ends up being in "moving" girls off the dance floor to talk in a salsa scene, rather than the approach). If they seem educated, one of the openers I use with women to gauge their intelligence (I have a PhD, so this matters to me) is a qualifier joke I learned from a fellow PUA "Did you know that plastic dinosaurs are likely made from real dinosaurs?". HBDoc immediately "got" this one, so at that point, I just knew she was my page. ;) I recall the conversation and dancing going quite well, and she ends up buying me a drink (good sign #2). After we get a drink, I immediately started in with the old-school Style qualifier "what are your best 3 personality traits?" she seemed to be primed to play, so after answering she asks me what my best and WORST 3 three personality traits are. She later goes off to use the bathroom, and I make sure I'm NOT watching her drink or in the same spot when she gets back. By now its getting toward midnight and the positive body language / kino is really good. I had been touching her on the small of the back and she keeps giving me IOIs. We eventually got set up with some house champagne and I ask her "would you like to kiss me?" on the stroke of midnight and kiss her based on the obvious signal she gives. We continue to hang out and I recall asking her if she wants to bounce to my place to "watch my 22 pound cat chase a laser pointer.", to which she declines with a glimmer in her eye. I eventually isolate her to the lounge this club has upstairs with our drinks and we continue talking an making out. We go back downstairs near 1 AM, and she eventually decides to give me her # and leave. A few minutes later, I decide to call it a night (how could I top this?) and head to my car. This is where this night ends up being epic: I'm sitting in my car to go and HBDoc jumps out in front of it! She was previously in the car next to mine on the phone with her sister, and had seen me go in! I get out and immediately ask if she would like to hang at her place for a drink. She says "we can try but I'm really tired". When we get to her place she gets me a beer I recall not really liking and we go right back to making out with no LMR. We had sex twice that night, and almost a 3rd time in the morning, with my running out of condoms being the only thing preventing it. I took her out one more time after this (I find out much of this is her sister urging her to "get back out there."), and tried to do the conventional AFC structured date (dinner, comedy club, salsa). The texting for logistics back-and-forth were not the best, and I recall my leadership wasn't great. I had simply tried to "pack in" way to many activities into one evening. She even managed to convince me to go back to her place for dessert rather than dancing, so I went. Not that I'm arguing with the results (we had sex after playing a game I had orchestrated with some fruit and chocolate fondue). In retrospect, this was just bad planning on my part, as ending up at her place is where my Y chromosome is programmed to take things. ;) If I had known then what I know now, this 1st "date" after NYE would have been a simpler one (dinner at her place or the comedy club only), rather than what I was trying to pull off. What stopped her from seeing me after this? I became way too needy and honest that night as she started asking questions about me in bed and I basically spilled my guts about everything I had been going through for the last year. The term "emotional vomit" describes it well. I could immediately tell it turned her off even though the sex was making her feel attached to me (she gave me the "pity / break-up" sex that morning and sent me off, we ended things with a phone call later that week). I have always looked back at this experience as I learn more about pickup to re-visit what I did wrong, as I really would have liked to have kept this girl around as a lover.
What I've learned so far:
(1) My first "date" with her should have been a simple one, and at least a week after we met to build some tension (it was only 4 days after)
(2) I needed to keep the sexy vibe and mystery going when she started peppering me with questions, and turned the convo back on her in bed.

Feedback and thoughts? I'll post my first 3 FRs (all make-outs with LMR) later for feedback.

SalsaChops
 

Hector Papi Castillo

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Re: 2014: 1 LR, my story, 3FRs to come

Hey Salsa, welcome to the boards.

You've got some pretty old-school PUA stuff going on here, and it seemed to work, but I think it was actually what put up so much initial resistance for the lay.

Here's what I mean:

When I got to the part with her jumping on front of your car, I was a bit confused. Besides that being some really thirsty shit (and hilarious as hell), I was trying to figure out what flipped the clit-switch in her head so drastically from the failed pull earlier.

Then I thought about your openers and closers...the plastic dinosaur thing is funny and chill (but i don't think I entirely get the joke still), and the "watch my 22 pound cat chase a laser pointer" had me chuckling, but then it became clear

You were over-gaming.

The issue with most old-school PUA is stuff is that it attempts to show interest with subterfuge, as to not appear thirsty, but unless you truly are of the "lol whatever bitch" personality or game-style, a woman can smell the insincerity quite quickly. When a guy uses lines and closes like you did, a girl will usually think

"That's funny and he's got balls for saying that to me, but why is he trying to hide his interest? Why doesn't he just come out and say it?"

Then it can go one of two ways, usually:

1. She leans towards auto-rejection, because you're playing with her and obviously do this a lot; she feels unspecial and while she may still like you (e.g., as seen by the sparkle in her eye that you mention), she'll resist being "tricked" by these ploys

2. She calls your bluff and thinks you're hiding your interest out of fear; "a real man would just be more sincere" she'll think, and then she'll test your ass HARD. If you pass those tests, fortunately, you'll prove yourself a more genuine guy who just has that type of personality, and then she'll want your test-tube babies all over her face, but it makes the game unnecessarily hard for you.

From the report, I gather she went with route 1 and though she still liked you, she wanted to get out before you "trick her" into sleeping with you (as her mind sees it).

In 100% of scenarios, I'm never going to suggest you leave a club early and always push your night to the end, no matter how much it sucks - but here, it was the right move and out of pure luck, she saw you leave to.

And when she saw you leave, she thought

"Here came here just for me!"

Boom, value loss, but you just bought yourself some fucking attainability, and enough to buy a ticket straight to pound-town.

She saw sincerity in your giving up on other opportunities undoubtedly waiting in the club.

"He's not a game-y player, he's just like that! Okay, if I fuck him I'm not a slut being seduced by his fake charms!"



Your follow-up errors, well, you addressed those. Your date was AFC, yeah (to those uneducated in PUA-speak or manosphere talk, that's "average frustrated chump"; think "beta" or "lil' ass bitch," as I'd put it). Trying too hard.

Your biggest error was probably you opening up in bed, though. I'm actually quite the talker after I've slept with a girl, but I guess I do it with the right tone (if I'm talking about something negative, I maintain a reflective "I've learned a lot from it and it's funny looking back at my mistakes now" tone). You're an educated guy, though, so I'm sure if you apply your detached-scholastic attitude towards talking about your past with a girl, you'll be golden. However, for the most part, definitely the safest route to slowly reveal information about your past and be very choose-y with what you do reveal, at least the first few weeks sleeping with a girl.

Hope this helps, homie! Sounds like you're doing great and making huge strides! Very illuminating to hear that no matter how old we are or at what stage in life, we can always improve. Love it!

Oh, but for the love of Mohammad, please use your "enter" button more. Paragraphs save lives.

- Hector
 

SalsaChops

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Re: 2014: 1 LR, my story, 3FRs to come

Haha thanks for the feedback Anatman!
It's good to hear that, especially from a baller like yourself. :)

This LR actually screwed up my internal game for 11 months, and it was a long slog to get my head right ("What, you mean most highly educated HB9's aren't this easy when you dance salsa and run pua 101? Crap!"). The reality here was that I had two MAJOR factors working in my favor: NYE, and her sister winging for me over the phone as I was about to drive away! That second one was the "clit - switch", as you so elequently put it. The silver lining was these 11 months allowed me to work on fundementals and finally get my inner game under control.

I'm actually more proud of my field reports lately. GC has been a godsend in allowing me to recognize where each interaction went wrong, and how to correct without taking anything personally (OK who's next! Ha!). I've had more success in the last 30 days than in the previous 11 months since NYE. Hell, I almost pulled a cute undergrad home last night, but didn't persist after asking her home once with her giving me blatent IOIs as I was leaving (shit!).

Having been in an LTR for more than a decade of my life, I am now committed to spending at least the next 5 years as a single man who takes lovers. The only exception: a smoking hot, highly intelligent bi gf who wants an open relationship (seducer's unicorn, right? ;))

I shall not fear to enter,

SalsaChops
 
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