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@DoWhatWorks,

Do you ever experience love at first sight? You know, the whole "wow OMG that girl; I must have her" lightning bolt out of nowhere?

I had a student (used to post here back in the day... @Laowai) who had a similar issue to yours. We'd go out, he'd meet girls, pick them up, shag, then the next time we'd talk he'd say, "That girl was nice but she just didn't do it for me," then, "This other girl was nice but didn't do it for me either," etc. etc. Other times we'd meet up, he'd flip through photos of all his lays since the last time we met, plenty of very attractive girls, but "none of them did it for him."

I asked him if he ever had love at first sight and he said he didn't think he ever had.

Hadn't even been in-love since he broke up with his first girlfriend a decade ago.

I wrote this article series at his request:



LAFS is basically the "easy" way to find supremely compatible girls. At least IME.

I just interviewed @Devilicious yesterday and we talked about it a bit. He's had some LAFS lays and had amazing connections/relationships with those girls as well.

When LAFS is present, generally the "finding compatible girls" thing is straightforward.

When it's not it seems like it's like looking for needles in haystacks, if you ask me.

Chase
Even I have never experienced love at first sight ever. Is there a reason why some guys don't experience it?

Atmost I have is feeling of appreciation.

Closest thing I have experienced to love is feeling of losing a girl. Where I was very close to laying her but couldn't because either I fucked up or situation was not conducive. Or I was unable to lock her down.

Its something you mentioned in this article.


I am yet to experience love one that triggers something positive in you.
 

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@empath,

Even I have never experienced love at first sight ever. Is there a reason why some guys don't experience it?

It's always been somewhat of a mystery to me.

The closest I have been able to get to it is it is related to the energy / nonverbal signals the man is putting out, that the woman is then responding to somehow subconsciously.

But I'm not even certain about that, because I've had LAFS with girls I was 97% certain had not seen me. But perhaps they had and I just hadn't noticed (or had only noticed peripherally/subconsciously).

Anyway, you can see my remarks to DWW above... about what vibe you're going out with, and different girls reading that and responding to the vibe differently.

When I used to talk with @Laowai about it, I recall noting that he was a very laid back guy who did not really have a strong "mission focus" emanating off of him. I think we talked about that and he wasn't really sure how to cultivate it. Was part of what we talked about when we were talking about getting him sexier IIRC.

I dislike focusing too much on inner game, because it's harder to give actionable items on than outer game, but this is probably one of those areas that you really just need to approach from an inner game standpoint to solve.

You can't fake the signals of "looking for a truly awesome chick, and won't settle for less in a GF, because I know I'm worth it"; it just emanates off you from what you've got within.

Same with not being able to fake signals of "looking for a girl who's DTF & ready to pounce on that 100% and rail her brains out like there's no tomorrow"... either you're in that state or you're not. It's very detectable.

Chase
 

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@empath,



It's always been somewhat of a mystery to me.

The closest I have been able to get to it is it is related to the energy / nonverbal signals the man is putting out, that the woman is then responding to somehow subconsciously.

But I'm not even certain about that, because I've had LAFS with girls I was 97% certain had not seen me. But perhaps they had and I just hadn't noticed (or had only noticed peripherally/subconsciously).

Anyway, you can see my remarks to DWW above... about what vibe you're going out with, and different girls reading that and responding to the vibe differently.

When I used to talk with @Laowai about it, I recall noting that he was a very laid back guy who did not really have a strong "mission focus" emanating off of him. I think we talked about that and he wasn't really sure how to cultivate it. Was part of what we talked about when we were talking about getting him sexier IIRC.

I dislike focusing too much on inner game, because it's harder to give actionable items on than outer game, but this is probably one of those areas that you really just need to approach from an inner game standpoint to solve.

You can't fake the signals of "looking for a truly awesome chick, and won't settle for less in a GF, because I know I'm worth it"; it just emanates off you from what you've got within.

Same with not being able to fake signals of "looking for a girl who's DTF & ready to pounce on that 100% and rail her brains out like there's no tomorrow"... either you're in that state or you're not. It's very detectable.

Chase
Well thanks.

I don't have that I'm stud, I want to pounce now system with me.

Initially, its just running a process and see where it goes. Basically putting myself out there.

If during the conversation girls give a go ahead/ signals, like she is horny or dtf. Then I go into pounce mode. Gotta make it tonight. Mostly happens after a dry spell or if I run few bad dates where I knew I almost had that girl and I fucked up, so its now like when I have chip on my shoulder.

Can't releate with both.

I think its each man for his own.

Sidenote- i think it might be related to how present the guy is and confident on his skills level.

I'm mostly in my head. Issue unrelated to game are affecting my game. (Like not feeling manly enough because I can't win a physical fight against a dude, totally unrelated to game, tbh other girls don't know this, but I know it so I think why will she want me as a LTR it I can't protect her)

So maybe its headspace thing as well, you need to be in right headspace.
 

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@empath,

Sidenote- i think it might be related to how present the guy is and confident on his skills level.

I'm mostly in my head. Issue unrelated to game are affecting my game. (Like not feeling manly enough because I can't win a physical fight against a dude, totally unrelated to game, tbh other girls don't know this, but I know it so I think why will she want me as a LTR it I can't protect her)

So maybe its headspace thing as well, you need to be in right headspace.

I got love at first sight when I was clueless with girls, unconfident in my ability to win fights with men, and in my head pretty much all the time.

It's something that stirs at a completely below conscious level. You're just minding your own business, depressed at life (I mean, I was back when I was clueless with girls and unconfident about fighting men), then SUDDENLY! ✨OMG SHE'S PERFECT!✨ MY DREAM GIRL!!!

It does not seem to be headspace-related, I don't think.

I think it is more drive than anything.

The more driven the man, the more LAFS he seems to get.

The less driven the man, the less LAFS (or he may get none at all).

I do not know why that would be, except perhaps that more driven men may have some kind of constant "opportunity search" program running that shifts into high gear the instant a promising opportunity registers, whereas less driven men do not have that enabled and so do not notice promising opportunities, instead letting them pass by without registering them.

Chase
 

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@empath,



I got love at first sight when I was clueless with girls, unconfident in my ability to win fights with men, and in my head pretty much all the time.

It's something that stirs at a completely below conscious level. You're just minding your own business, depressed at life (I mean, I was back when I was clueless with girls and unconfident about fighting men), then SUDDENLY! ✨OMG SHE'S PERFECT!✨ MY DREAM GIRL!!!

It does not seem to be headspace-related, I don't think.

I think it is more drive than anything.

The more driven the man, the more LAFS he seems to get.

The less driven the man, the less LAFS (or he may get none at all).

I do not know why that would be, except perhaps that more driven men may have some kind of constant "opportunity search" program running that shifts into high gear the instant a promising opportunity registers, whereas less driven men do not have that enabled and so do not notice promising opportunities, instead letting them pass by without registering them.

Chase
Drive makes sense.

Well I have been not a driven man for most of my life.

But now I am building drive in me so lets see if I get LAFS.

But I think you have mentioned being a romantic. I do not consider myself as such, so maybe that might be.

And I have drive for PU (but it was driven from insecurities till now) not for anything else.

So I am curious what would you consider drive.

I don't have drive for material things or getting respect etc or suceeding at work place.

Though I love creating good memories and experience for myself.

Also, Whatever I have experienced till now might be pair bonding.

Have you felt difference in falling in love with a girl who had LAFS vs falling in love with one you did not had?
 

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Drive makes sense.

Well I have been not a driven man for most of my life.

But now I am building drive in me so lets see if I get LAFS.

I'll be intrigued to hear if you do!

But I think you have mentioned being a romantic. I do not consider myself as such, so maybe that might be.

And I have drive for PU (but it was driven from insecurities till now) not for anything else.

So I am curious what would you consider drive.

The burning need to do or achieve or experience something -- anything, so long as the fires of that need burn within the man.

Have you felt difference in falling in love with a girl who had LAFS vs falling in love with one you did not had?

Haven't had the experience of falling in love with a girl I didn't have love at first sight with.

I've always thought life was too short and my time in it too limited to spend it on girls I wasn't wildly excited about, at least in terms of long-term relationships.

-C
 

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Question for @Chase or anyone who has any reasonable input on love at first sight. In the article it mentions that you feel compelled to approach a girl who is “love at first sight,” although I feel compelled to approach many girls who are definitely not love at first sight, how do I differentiate whether I find something special about the girl in my gut instinct, or it is just my drive to meet new women and improve my skills?

Also, how to make sure a “love at first sight” girl doesn’t go cold?
 

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Background​


I googled how to get girls at 13 and the rest is history. Was always friendly and likeable but leaned too nice guy. Couple optimizations and years later, I went from friend zones to keeping girls in FB zones. Now in a nice position to where I can reliably get laid when I decide to and have done across all games: day, night, social circle, online etc.

Something was missing​

Took a hiatus to focus on other things and couldn't articulate it but something was missing. New lays weren't as fun... FBs were simply annoying, I got bored of it all. Tried more out-there experiences, going outside my comfort zone but nothing really hit.

Missing Piece​

Realized after a lot of meandering vents (thanks to those of you who listened and helped... you know who you are), self-reflection, and chat GPT conversations (wish I was joking) I uncovered that lays with pretty girls didn't do it for me anymore. I wanted to more consistently date girls who were attractive AND very compatible personality-wise. It had happened before but I felt like I had no control and

the whole "sleep with loads of girls and let the numbers work out" seemed a half-truth. Volume matters, but you need to fish in the right waters.

From my experience offline > online and daygame > nightgame.

Things I've Tried (and Why They Didn't Work)​

  • Screening harder early on: Doesn't work. Comes across too serious / boyfriend-like. Better to stay playful and non-judgmental and let the right girls float to the top. Otherwise, girls start shape-shifting into what they think you want.

  • Cold approach hard: Gets exhausting a lot of pure daygame guys I know do it in blitz, very few sustain it indefinitely and it's because it's taxing. Nightgame's a little better due to volume (when you select good venues) but for me wastes time even without drinking due to tiredness

What I Want to Avoid​

  • Being 50 and still in a club. No disrespect to man like Skills who I've learnt a lot from and cleans up, but I'm already getting tired of it before 30 so that can't be my story
  • Being 40+ and pounding pavements to hit on strangers as my sole way of meeting women... God forbid
  • Online dating: I've seen the shift from purple hair, to hairy armpits, to now "spicy neurodivergent" — no fucking thank you. Decent girls are on apps but are harder and harder to find.
  • Social circle: Red pill oversells this as a silver bullet. There's politics, limited pools, and not enough volume.

My Solution So Far (W.I.P)​

  • Cold Approach: Unavoidable but less spam focused and more embedded into my lifestyle. Working from cafes 2-3x a week with minimum approach numbers during breaks. Having no girl bites when you're walking from cafe to cafe on your lunch break is chill but Saturday afternoon when that's my sole reason to be out? Pisses me off. Would rather be working, with friends, enjoying a hobby etc etc.


  • Targeted Nightgame: Selective. Art gallery events open until 10pm, hotel rooftop parties closed by midnight. Interesting international crowds. I tried brunches as a potential solution but the girls there felt too basic for me unfortunately. Not a long-term compatibility fix.


  • Different Group Events: Go to group events I genuinely enjoy and become a top guy within them. Warm intros and inbound that takes the edge off pure outbound cold approach. Also likely to get girls you're compatible with due to the pre-filter of shared interests. This is a key part of what makes the cold-approach side of things sustainable and life more enjoyable in general.
Cold approach brings sustainable volume and variety. Having several different groups brings me more consistent compatibility and prevents me burning any one group to the ground.

Group Event Types​

Definition: Group events are environments where there’s a substantial amount of women I can talk to with little effort i

Different types:

  • Physical Events: hiking groups, rock climbing, infamous running clubs, yoga, sports, dance classes etc.
  • Artsy Events: Painting, drawing, pottery, crochet, cooking classes there's actually a lot here that I was unaware of before,
  • Intellectual Events: Book clubs, chess clubs (you'd be surprised), supper clubs, wine clubs, business networking etc.
  • Third Spaces: Venues and areas where people go to chill, study, socialize e.g. [redacted not giving away my hard earned secrets], cafes in galleries, hotel lobbies, parks, food markets, vintage clothing markets
The hardest is finding the events/venues that have the cross section of:

1/3 things I'm genuinely interested in

2/3 high volume/turnover so I can sniper without building a rep

3/3 environments that naturally encourage interaction.


It's been a lot of research/trial and error but feel like I'm slowly but surely buiding up my personalized shortlist. TikTok is by far the best thing I've found for this, with Instagram and eventbrite distant 2nd and 3rd

Why This Makes Sense For Me​

This approach is very scalable. I could be 60 in Cannes partying at a rooftop restaurant in Cannes or a Yacht if I really wanted to. Same for hiking, cycling trips or Yoga retreats. Clubbing until 4am in a sweaty club or approaching girls in Oxford Street as my only ways to meet girls? I'd lose my mind.

I also know myself, when my social life is active and filled with things I can't wait to attend, my cold approaches are effortless, more enjoyable and I'm more magnetic which means I'd get good results with lower volume too. The better sleeping pattern gives me more longevity as well.


Closing Thoughts & Understanding your type quicker​

This is DWW's existing plan for absolute abundance, not yours. This is a work in progress and will probably evolve. Thought I'd share because I think this topic is disgustingly under-discussed.

Would love to hear from @MuST0BtA1NSkR1Lla and @Chad Tyrone @West_Indian_Archie as they're the few guys I've seen touch on the lifestyle side of embedding game.

Lastly A big part of my event groups and even targeted nightgame is based on me having a very clear idea of the girls I like. What helped me save months (possibly years) was

  • Completing OCEAN personality Profile
  • Completing Myers Briggs personality Profile
  • Completing Enneagram personality Profile
  • Star signs (if you're into that, I went from lowkey to shamelessly being into it)
Inputting all my results to chat gpt and asking it who I'm most compatible with. Shout out @topcat who put me on this. The results shocked me. It gave me profiles of very compatible girls in the past... Anyway ask it where these girls hang out in your city, what they get up to and you'll be able to build your own version of this if you want to.

Although to be honest if you don't have at least 20 lays then this whole exercise is mental masturbation and you just need to get your reps up.

Hope this helps someone, would have loved a thread like this 6 months ago

Onwards and Upwards x
Most of this has probably gone over my head (I suffer from Asperger's) but, for what it is worth, I am finding a lack of volume on some days on daygame.

Although today I was spoilt for choice! Still let a few go where I had age approach anxiety but still put in the reps.

There was an incident at the club last weekend so I am not sure I am going to be allowed in for awhile (will find out on Saturday) but I think the benefits to the club is that you know everyone is atleast 18 so that is an obstacle removed.

Also in the club the girls are just...there. whereas in daygame you have a window of about 3 seconds to react, so if you are not sure she is overage, she is gone before you have decided.
 

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@empath,



I got love at first sight when I was clueless with girls, unconfident in my ability to win fights with men, and in my head pretty much all the time.

It's something that stirs at a completely below conscious level. You're just minding your own business, depressed at life (I mean, I was back when I was clueless with girls and unconfident about fighting men), then SUDDENLY! ✨OMG SHE'S PERFECT!✨ MY DREAM GIRL!!!

It does not seem to be headspace-related, I don't think.

I think it is more drive than anything.

The more driven the man, the more LAFS he seems to get.

The less driven the man, the less LAFS (or he may get none at all).

I do not know why that would be, except perhaps that more driven men may have some kind of constant "opportunity search" program running that shifts into high gear the instant a promising opportunity registers, whereas less driven men do not have that enabled and so do not notice promising opportunities, instead letting them pass by without registering them.

Chase

I agree.

The way I would put it is that love-at-first-sight has to do with self-esteem and pride - you have to really believe there is something valuable and powerful in your core to feel that a beautiful girl belongs to you, that her existence is a gift to you, that she is there for you to take and enjoy.

But drive/libido is also a direct function of those things as well, and not separable. There is hardly a more ambitious man than the one who believes that fortune favors him, and that, as they used to say, he is loved by the gods.
 

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@Definitely_not_a_gymrat,

Question for @Chase or anyone who has any reasonable input on love at first sight. In the article it mentions that you feel compelled to approach a girl who is “love at first sight,” although I feel compelled to approach many girls who are definitely not love at first sight, how do I differentiate whether I find something special about the girl in my gut instinct, or it is just my drive to meet new women and improve my skills?

Regular approach excitement is kind of like, "Oh nice, there's a cutie I can talk to! She's got a mean walk!"

Love at first sight is like, "Holy Mother of God, there goes the future mother of my babies." You just feel it in your bones.

Also, how to make sure a “love at first sight” girl doesn’t go cold?

You stick your dick in her.

-Chase
 

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Mod note: split off from this thread.

I agree.

The way I would put it is that love-at-first-sight has to do with self-esteem and pride - you have to really believe there is something valuable and powerful in your core to feel that a beautiful girl belongs to you, that her existence is a gift to you, that she is there for you to take and enjoy.

But drive/libido is also a direct function of those things as well, and not separable. There is hardly a more ambitious man than the one who believes that fortune favors him, and that, as they used to say, he is loved by the gods.
This is interesting. I didn’t want to chime in initially, because I am not close to this level of abundance, but this made me think about something regarding love at first sight.

I had read these articles and what always perplexed me is the fact that Chase mentioned how most of the times this feeling seems to be mutual and how the girl you have love at first sight with seems to be really receptive to your approach.

At the same time I have felt the exact opposite throughout my life. First of all I am pretty sure I have had love at first sight, I can surely think of at least a few times that I went: Oh my God, this girl, yes!

What happens though is that there is a second thought coming even right after like: How would I even get with a girl like that? I’m not sure if it is a self-esteem issue, or purely a skill issue, but let’s say I have trouble seeing how a girl I consider really amazing will be convinced to be with me, instead of all the other options she has.

And the times I have approached and talked to these girls it almost never ends well. Even if they are warm to me, they never feel excited, it’s more a feeling of being nice, maybe a bit intrigued, but not reciprocating the love at first sight intensity at all.

And I’ve been thinking if the problem is really with how I project myself. Because honestly when I see a girl like that who I really like my mind goes into overdrive thinking how to strategise and approach and what techniques to use in order to pick her interest and get her.

So in a way I feel that I am starting from a place of thinking that there is no way I can just approach this special girl normally and be myself and she will be receptive and want to be with me, but I really have to do something about it.

And I understand this thinking is flawed, probably it also stems exactly from the fact that I have never had success with girls I like a lot, so it seems like it’s not natural for them to like me back unless I do something about it.

My question for all this would be what should I really focus on? Because I am approaching them, I will even go and approach these girls more than just cute girls, the moment I see them even if I am at a totally different headspace my whole body just goes: Oh no, I am not losing this one.

But especially the fact that I have not made it work with them in the past reinforces my belief that I really have to do something in order to make them see me in the same light.

So is it a case of just approaching more, noting how I act around them, and getting rid of all the behaviours that make it seem like I am treating them differently or I am really trying to do something with them because I like them a lot? Until I start getting wins and then truly internalise that yes I can be with them?

Or is there something else to focus on, maybe some visualisations that these girls are very into me and are responding extremely well, or something more practical like getting to know them first to see how they are day to day and demystify them in my brain?

I’ve got to say though that these girls are the worst ones for me to get very close and friendly with, it feels too much to be so into someone and then just hangout and get to know them, without making a move. When I see them I almost always just want to experience our energies and spend more time together romantically.

Or if any other approach could help I would appreciate it. I believe that figuring out how to make the girls you are more into the easiest ones for you is the most important thing anyway, and what truly matters long term. Even if I get to triple digits I will still be thinking that something is lacking without it.
 

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@Definitely_not_a_gymrat,



Regular approach excitement is kind of like, "Oh nice, there's a cutie I can talk to! She's got a mean walk!"

Love at first sight is like, "Holy Mother of God, there goes the future mother of my babies." You just feel it in your bones.



You stick your dick in her.

-Chase

How do you manage to get together with your love at first sight though? It happens to me semi-regularly, like 2 times a year. But I always get too much pressure and make a mistake. Or she has a boyfriend. Or she ghosts me after sex (probably an emotional trough)

I know you're supposed to game the girls you're really excited about like they're any other girl... But it's easier said than done when they are those rare "love at first sight" girls
 

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if any other approach could help I would appreciate it. I believe that figuring out how to make the girls you are more into the easiest ones for you is the most important thing anyway, and what truly matters long term.
This is basically all that I talk about but for some reason get push back for lol. With regards to triggering IOIs from the girls you really want.

But to answer your question. The reason your hesitant on approaching the girls you really like is because they aren’t sending you the mutual IOI that your sending them upon first glance. If you see that mutual IOI from them, then of course they are going to be receptive to your approach. What Chase talks about in his love at first sight article.
 

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This is interesting. I didn’t want to chime in initially, because I am not close to this level of abundance, but this made me think about something regarding love at first sight.

I had read these articles and what always perplexed me is the fact that Chase mentioned how most of the times this feeling seems to be mutual and how the girl you have love at first sight with seems to be really receptive to your approach.

At the same time I have felt the exact opposite throughout my life. First of all I am pretty sure I have had love at first sight, I can surely think of at least a few times that I went: Oh my God, this girl, yes!

What happens though is that there is a second thought coming even right after like: How would I even get with a girl like that? I’m not sure if it is a self-esteem issue, or purely a skill issue, but let’s say I have trouble seeing how a girl I consider really amazing will be convinced to be with me, instead of all the other options she has.

And the times I have approached and talked to these girls it almost never ends well. Even if they are warm to me, they never feel excited, it’s more a feeling of being nice, maybe a bit intrigued, but not reciprocating the love at first sight intensity at all.

And I’ve been thinking if the problem is really with how I project myself. Because honestly when I see a girl like that who I really like my mind goes into overdrive thinking how to strategise and approach and what techniques to use in order to pick her interest and get her.

So in a way I feel that I am starting from a place of thinking that there is no way I can just approach this special girl normally and be myself and she will be receptive and want to be with me, but I really have to do something about it.

And I understand this thinking is flawed, probably it also stems exactly from the fact that I have never had success with girls I like a lot, so it seems like it’s not natural for them to like me back unless I do something about it.

My question for all this would be what should I really focus on? Because I am approaching them, I will even go and approach these girls more than just cute girls, the moment I see them even if I am at a totally different headspace my whole body just goes: Oh no, I am not losing this one.

But especially the fact that I have not made it work with them in the past reinforces my belief that I really have to do something in order to make them see me in the same light.

So is it a case of just approaching more, noting how I act around them, and getting rid of all the behaviours that make it seem like I am treating them differently or I am really trying to do something with them because I like them a lot? Until I start getting wins and then truly internalise that yes I can be with them?

Or is there something else to focus on, maybe some visualisations that these girls are very into me and are responding extremely well, or something more practical like getting to know them first to see how they are day to day and demystify them in my brain?

I’ve got to say though that these girls are the worst ones for me to get very close and friendly with, it feels too much to be so into someone and then just hangout and get to know them, without making a move. When I see them I almost always just want to experience our energies and spend more time together romantically.

Or if any other approach could help I would appreciate it. I believe that figuring out how to make the girls you are more into the easiest ones for you is the most important thing anyway, and what truly matters long term. Even if I get to triple digits I will still be thinking that something is lacking without it.

I hope DoWhatWorks is ok with this slight tangent, else I'll split it off.

First of all, genuine LAFS is not, in my experience, something that only happens when you have a certain amount of lays. I can still think back to a girl I used to be absolutely crazy about when I was like 12, riding my bike up and down the road in front of her house for hours trying not to look like I'm peering into her bedroom window lol. I never did get her, despite her giving me lots of opportunities, but to this day I know she's exactly the kind of girl I like. Beautiful, great personality (but strong willed), a little bit tomboyish, ambitious (went on to become a lawyer, while her brother, who I was friends with, was in and out of prison - for some reason I always seem to end up with girls whose brothers go off the rails, but I digress). She is still my archetype.

Anyway, what do you do when you meet them? It's going to sound a bit trite but in my experience, you have to let go a bit of all this technique and strategy, and show her something of the way she makes you feel. That's not bad advice in general, but especially so for these women you genuinely fall for. Women just know when you are 'in love' with them, as opposed to just approaching her because she ticks some boxes. If you can express that without being needy, without being afraid or helpless, but with a sort of exhilaration and self-affirming force behind it, then the rest of the interaction - the words you say etc - are less important, because every word and movement you make is dipped in the sauce of your genuine desire and delight in having met her.

When she doesn't reciprocate, I would hazard a guess that you are hiding the way you feel, that she's not picking up on it, because you are wearing a mask designed to cover your fear, anxiety, and attempts to find ways to force things to go well, rather than having faith that if you only found a way to express how you felt in a non-needy way, then she would come to you.

I've noticed that when I approach girls I genuinely like - maybe you could call it LAFS, maybe not, but nonetheless girls I have strong chemistry with - I use a lot more silence, I use a lot more eye contact, I express a whole lot more with my body and my face, I'm willing to risk more because I feel that the foundation can handle it, and words just seem to be superfluous. And those interactions are the most enjoyable for both of us, even though on the surface it's not as 'smooth' or following some clear pre-determined flowchart of processes.

The way I look at seduction, a man is a mirror to a girl. What she sees on your face, what she feels as a result of looking at your face and eyes and the way you move toward her, is her concept of how you perceive her. When she sees anxiety or fear, she feels ugly, pushed away, not understood, insecure. When your face is wooden, because you're in your head, she feels ordinary, unvalued, undesired, a mere commodity at the supermarket you have decided to add to your basket. And of course she puts up all kinds of defenses to protect herself, and tries to stave you off in various ways.

But when your face is filled with exhilaration, with open, reckless delight, she feels like she is some kind of treasure you want to steal and enjoy. And every girl wants to be stolen, to be hustled out of the bedroom window of her everyday life by a thief, taken somewhere where everything that's ordinary fades away, and to watch you and share in your enjoyment as you take her and do all the things you want to with her. Your genuine desire for her, and your willingness to throw in your lot and risk everything on the basis of that desire, is her security - she knows exactly what to do with it.

I hope this comes across clearly. It's hard to talk about things like LAFS because of all of the pathetic stereotypes out there, and also because of all the resentment built up against the identities we used to have that failed to get what we wanted, but which were nevertheless - sometimes at least - not so far away from achieving what we most desired.

That's my 2c.
 

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I'll be intrigued to hear if you do!



The burning need to do or achieve or experience something -- anything, so long as the fires of that need burn within the man.



Haven't had the experience of falling in love with a girl I didn't have love at first sight with.

I've always thought life was too short and my time in it too limited to spend it on girls I wasn't wildly excited about, at least in terms of long-term relationships.

-C

Just curious if you have any idea on how to cultivate drive and be consistent with it?

I have read this article and basically it boils down to curiosity + success.

I have read this article but any more resource or books specifically deals with it.

 

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I agree.

The way I would put it is that love-at-first-sight has to do with self-esteem and pride - you have to really believe there is something valuable and powerful in your core to feel that a beautiful girl belongs to you, that her existence is a gift to you, that she is there for you to take and enjoy.

But drive/libido is also a direct function of those things as well, and not separable. There is hardly a more ambitious man than the one who believes that fortune favors him, and that, as they used to say, he is loved by the gods.
I like this idea.

Still despite pick up success I hardly feel if I deserve a girl I really like for LTR maybe I am the best hook up but LTR yeah ... this kinda have impact on retaining girls as well.
 

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I hope DoWhatWorks is ok with this slight tangent, else I'll split it off.
Yes I also didn't want to go off topic, it is an interesting discussion.

First of all, genuine LAFS is not, in my experience, something that only happens when you have a certain amount of lays. I can still think back to a girl I used to be absolutely crazy about when I was like 12, riding my bike up and down the road in front of her house for hours trying not to look like I'm peering into her bedroom window lol. I never did get her, despite her giving me lots of opportunities, but to this day I know she's exactly the kind of girl I like. Beautiful, great personality (but strong willed), a little bit tomboyish, ambitious (went on to become a lawyer, while her brother, who I was friends with, was in and out of prison - for some reason I always seem to end up with girls whose brothers go off the rails, but I digress). She is still my archetype.
That's also my feeling and experience.

Anyway, what do you do when you meet them? It's going to sound a bit trite but in my experience, you have to let go a bit of all this technique and strategy, and show her something of the way she makes you feel. That's not bad advice in general, but especially so for these women you genuinely fall for. Women just know when you are 'in love' with them, as opposed to just approaching her because she ticks some boxes. If you can express that without being needy, without being afraid or helpless, but with a sort of exhilaration and self-affirming force behind it, then the rest of the interaction - the words you say etc - are less important, because every word and movement you make is dipped in the sauce of your genuine desire and delight in having met her.
I would say that generally that's what I am going for, especially with these girls when cold approaching. If I see them out in the street for example I will approach instantly and it will be something pretty direct. Maybe that she looks stunning, or ecstatic, and generally I feel the more I like the girl the less I think of the first thing I say, I just approach with the first thing that comes to my mind.

The one time that I had a girl like that stop and come to an instant date I think I just told her she looked incredible. I had posted the report here in fact. She was the kind of girl that I could not explain how perfect she looked in my eyes, I was thinking that if I got with her, I wouldn't mind being only with her forever and just focus hard on other things to create an amazing life for us both. And this was even after the instant date where I got to know her a bit.

Sadly I did some weird things, basically teasing her too much, and in a way I showed a lot of dissimilarity. I thought that her being so attractive and successful would never look into someone jobless with no visible future like me, and I went into painting her as someone who only focuses on money, and trying to prove that I am above that, thinking that I will show her how valuable I am, but basically autorejecting her.

The problem is it has never happened that another girl I liked a lot was open to even spend more time with me one on one romantically, no matter the approach.

That's why I have also tried being more stoic, or more playful, basically seeing how I can change things up for a different result, but all these things generally lead here:
When she doesn't reciprocate, I would hazard a guess that you are hiding the way you feel, that she's not picking up on it, because you are wearing a mask designed to cover your fear, anxiety, and attempts to find ways to force things to go well, rather than having faith that if you only found a way to express how you felt in a non-needy way, then she would come to you.
So this is exactly how I would feel and operate ideally if I sensed that my interest is reciprocated:
I've noticed that when I approach girls I genuinely like - maybe you could call it LAFS, maybe not, but nonetheless girls I have strong chemistry with - I use a lot more silence, I use a lot more eye contact, I express a whole lot more with my body and my face, I'm willing to risk more because I feel that the foundation can handle it, and words just seem to be superfluous. And those interactions are the most enjoyable for both of us, even though on the surface it's not as 'smooth' or following some clear pre-determined flowchart of processes.
It simply feels that most of the time, even from the start of the interaction I come off as too much for these girls. They don't seem to be enjoying how openly excited I am for them, and it feels they want to back off and stay away. So it makes me think I have to calculate how much excitement I show, and that by showing how into them I am they get a feeling off: "Wow this guy really is into me a lot, cute, but chill out a bit".

So in the end, although this is also how I feel things would be working:
But when your face is filled with exhilaration, with open, reckless delight, she feels like she is some kind of treasure you want to steal and enjoy. And every girl wants to be stolen, to be hustled out of the bedroom window of her everyday life by a thief, taken somewhere where everything that's ordinary fades away, and to watch you and share in your enjoyment as you take her and do all the things you want to with her. Your genuine desire for her, and your willingness to throw in your lot and risk everything on the basis of that desire, is her security - she knows exactly what to do with it.
I have not really experienced it. I have had girls flattered by how I expressed this excitement and interest towards them, but not much beyond that.

It could be that I am not expressing myself effectively. Difficult to say exactly what is off though, when I can't see myself from the outside and the things I try changing don't seem to bring any different results.
 
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Leave it to the forum to over-complicate how to game love at first sight girls…

from chase’s article, love at first sight:
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Guys, can we keep this is on topic?

This is a mess lol

Respectfully, if you’re below 20 lays this post isn’t for you. I’m trying to document the journey for people who’re or will be in a similar position.
I’ll be the first one to say that I didn’t want to derail the discussion, and I should have taken it in a different thread, so I’m sorry for this.

One thing to note. If we are talking for people who will be in a similar position, this could include anyone in the game with the goal to eventually reach that.

And I feel that’s healthy, to be interested in how the endgame of what you are going for looks like.
 

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The one time that I had a girl like that stop and come to an instant date I think I just told her she looked incredible. I had posted the report here in fact. She was the kind of girl that I could not explain how perfect she looked in my eyes, I was thinking that if I got with her, I wouldn't mind being only with her forever and just focus hard on other things to create an amazing life for us both. And this was even after the instant date where I got to know her a bit.

Sadly I did some weird things, basically teasing her too much, and in a way I showed a lot of dissimilarity. I thought that her being so attractive and successful would never look into someone jobless with no visible future like me, and I went into painting her as someone who only focuses on money, and trying to prove that I am above that, thinking that I will show her how valuable I am, but basically autorejecting her.

This sounds like a pretty clear case of a girl you instantly knew was your girl, and she felt that.

Also sounds like you know where things went off the rails. It's one of those things you just learn over time as you spend time with girls, that your 'value' as a lover doesn't come from things like your job and your 401k, but instead from the experience she has of being with you - not just while you're having sex, but talking, teasing, and playing the seduction game with you.

You're giving her what all the other guys, for all their 'high value', have no idea how to give her - an adventure into the possibilities of right now. You're showing her what she can be right now, what she already is but doesn't know she is, and what she can experience, in every moment, stripped of all the fetters and mundane things that she has always longed to throw away.

The problem is it has never happened that another girl I liked a lot was open to even spend more time with me one on one romantically, no matter the approach.

That's why I have also tried being more stoic, or more playful, basically seeing how I can change things up for a different result, but all these things generally lead here:

Do you think that perhaps the way you responded to the first girl was more spontaneous and genuine, and afterward you were simply trying to reproduce that to get a similar reaction? Or do you feel that you genuinely showed other girls how you felt?

So this is exactly how I would feel and operate ideally if I sensed that my interest is reciprocated:

It simply feels that most of the time, even from the start of the interaction I come off as too much for these girls. They don't seem to be enjoying how openly excited I am for them, and it feels they want to back off and stay away. So it makes me think I have to calculate how much excitement I show, and that by showing how into them I am they get a feeling off: "Wow this guy really is into me a lot, cute, but chill out a bit".

That sounds immediately to me like neediness.

There is a big, but in some ways subtle, difference between neediness and showing the kind of interest and desire that women like to receive. For me, the easiest way to tell is how my expression of it makes me feel - does it make me feel strong, happy, exhilarated, as if expressing it is satisfying in itself regardless of what she does? Or does it make me feel weak, unconstituted, scattered, dependent on her reaction? Sometimes you feel like you are expressing yourself a certain way, but the emotional feedback you get from your own expressions tells you a different story.

The way I look at it, every interaction I have with girls I try to make a complete experience of affirmation for myself. My goal is to reflect her back to herself through my perception. I look at her the way I look at a beautiful painting, absorbing her, transmuting her, letting her activate and stir things in me, and showing it all to her, together with a soft smile, on my face.

And I walk toward her the way I walk toward that painting, wanting to be near it, wanting to absorb more of it, wanting it to touch me and speak to me and maybe even change me - listening to its call.

If she refuses my approach, the experience is still complete to me, as an affirmation, as an act of courage for myself, an act of cohesion between my perception and my drive and my actions. It is as if the painting faded away as I approached it, but I am not bothered by this, because it will appear again soon, in a different way and in a different place.

So in the end, although this is also how I feel things would be working:

I have not really experienced it. I have had girls flattered by how I expressed this excitement and interest towards them, but not much beyond that.

It could be that I am not expressing myself effectively. Difficult to say exactly what is off though, when I can't see myself from the outside and the things I try changing don't seem to bring any different results.

I don't want to presume too much but I get the sense that you are so focused on being successful with women that you have forgotten what it means to you, you cannot express anymore to these women anything spontaneous about your dream of yourself and them together.

What kind of experience do you want to have with them? What fantasy puts a smile on your face when you think about it? What sort of man do you want to be when you are with them, how do you want them to look at you and respond to you? Don't forget these things! Immerse yourself in them regularly and keep them in mind. Find ways to express this man, even when women are not around.

Perhaps with each approach, even with each time you have sex with a new girl, you will only experience a moment or two of that fantasy realized. But it is enough! With patience, more of those moments will come and with greater frequency - as long as you hold onto that ideal, as long as you seek it in every moment you have with women, as long as you have gratitude for those moments when they come, and patience when they don't. As long as you don't let women and sex become something mechanical and consumptive, but a fulfillment of that ideal.

As Nietzche said so well, "he who has a why can bear any how". The why of seduction is something that isn't usually emphasized very much, but without it, it's going to be very hard for a man to sustain himself as he goes out and plunges into the confusion, rejection, and existential angst he has to go through to realize his potential with women.
 
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