Started somewhere around October/November ish of 2013. Maybe even December... can't remember.
My first real sticking point was accepting that women were something that I wanted. Approached and just tried to talk to people for the first few months but had great difficulty in asking people out. Luckily for me though, I had plenty of pain to propel me forward out of this. I was seriously just pissed off, and that's the only reason I got started.
Then in May of 2014 the stars aligned and I had my first kiss, and the next night lost my virginity through sheer willpower and persistence. Basically got lucky that the girl wanted to be pursued hard and she was from out of town. There was no smoothness, honestly should not have ever had sex with her, but somehow the girl basically just decided fuck it he's funny and cute. Long story there about why, but I'll take it nonetheless.
I've had lots of mini-sticking points since then, but the next major one is twofold that I'm in right now:
1) Everything is getting too mechanical and the girls can tell, so they bail on me
2) I've never had a real relationship with a girl and that's what I want now
So I guess you could combine those two into this: I want to feel excited about this again and trying to figure out how to keep a girl that I want around.
Gotten better at keeping girls around, though still end up falling short after a few months. Most of the time she just doesn't interest me enough for a real relationship and everything starts to become more mechanical and she bails. Or, as has happened twice now, I really wanted the girl and became too needy and emotional and so she bails.
My plan for getting over this: try to work on my social life and find girls that get me excited more often than once a year that I can see myself with for longer than a month. I'm doing tons of new stuff now that make me happy, so now it doesn't really even matter. And I think that is the most important thing. Also plan on moving sometime later this year to a bigger area, and so much warmer next to the sea *stars in eyes*. Maybe I'll find my adventurous nerd somewhere there or somewhere else. Don't know....
I'm also working on self-control for when I go to Barnes and Nobles and other libraries I can remain open to finding women. In the past I end up not looking for women and spending 2-300 dollars on books instead.... I just can't help it.... the books... they call to me so sweetly....
Lastly, I consider myself somewhere in the intermediate range. Like, if Chase and them were levels 8-10 and most guys are level 1-2; then that'd put me somewhere around the 4-6 range. Able to pickup new women when I need to, so I have an abundance mentality when it comes to sex. But sadly I don't have an absolute abundance mentality as of yet for women that excite me.
*EDIT* as for advice on how to get over the sticking points that I've encountered:
What's propelled me forward the most is just the fact that I'm not too stuck on doing things a certain way. I'm willing to try a whole bunch of new things at least a few times before deciding that it is or isn't for me. That's what's gotten me so far in such a short amount of time and the best advice for learning anything.
Next, accept that you're going to be in pain. A lot of pain throughout your journey until you get to where you want to be. It's okay to get angry and use that anger to push forward. I'll freely admit that I've cried quite a bit on my journey.
Accept that women aren't the way you've been told throughout your entire life. Nobody does the logical thing when it comes to relationships and dating.
The best advice that I could ever give anyone though, is that learning seduction is more about learning about yourself and what will make you happy. Take the time to find yourself and connect with what you truly want out of life. It's perfectly fine to go balls deep into learning all of this stuff and just dive into the deep end, but remember to come out and start working on other parts of your life as well.
Because women aren't going to make you happy. They are an amplifier to your life. If your life sucks, then you will find women that make it ten times worse. But if you have an amazing life, then you will find women that will make it ten times better.
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