Friendships across the sexes appeal to different kinds of men, and among those men who pursue them only a paucity are any good at it . Most men are bros; they don’t have close friendships with women they aren’t banging. They have, at best, acquaintances of the opposite sex, beyond their girlfriends or wives. What […]
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A reader suffered a grievous insult to his dignity when a man caressed his face and recommended masturbation as an alternative to competing in the sexual market. So here’s my situation … There’s this girl that I like. The prologue of every beta male lament ever. I’ve liked her for over 3 years, and made […]
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Posted in Escape, Game, Guy Rules on Oct 28th, 2013
Stomach dropping. A pressing, radiating hollowing on the innerside of your solar plexus. Eyes widening to surprise-shaped orbs, drinking in threat. Face burning with bloodrush. Clammy hands, racing brain. If you’ve ever lost a girl’s attention to another man, you know that feeling. It could be a first date who unexpectedly sing-songs an encomium about […]
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Posted in Game, Guy Rules on Oct 23rd, 2013
There are two fault lines running through an otherwise generally cohesive mass of seduction literature. The first, and better known, is the long-simmering war between direct and indirect game proponents. (Smart players use both .) The second, less known, is the tension between those who advocate high energy game (aka social alpha) and those who […]
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Watch this video of a man and a woman, respectively, dropping a mickey in their dates’ drinks. When the man attempts to drug his date, a mongrel horde of white knights descends upon him to break him on the wheel. But when the woman does the same to her date… crickets. Not a stir among […]
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Posted in Culture, Game, Girls, Guy Rules on Sep 23rd, 2013
You can fast-track your cad career by being smarter about the locations of your target acquisition. But this may require going above and beyond the call of decency. 1. Abortion clinics What better (or faster) way to look like a protector of loved ones than to strike a pose at an abortion clinic waiting room, […]
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Posted in Alpha, Guy Rules on Sep 11th, 2013
Glenn writes, I’ve got a very specific AMOG problem. I wear my hair slicked back (think Don Draper). When I go to parties, sometimes guys try and ruffle my hair as a power play. I act unfazed by it (stoic personality), but my hair gets fucked up. I need some kind of AMOG way to […]
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Posted in Game, Guy Rules on Aug 20th, 2013
The King, (that’s you, bub), strides to the castle balcony to sonorously address the ear-pricked masses below. Your heavy velvet robe flowing around you, royal bling glittering in the sun, you gaze downward, lift your arms with palms to the sky, and say, “What do you guys think of my rule?” Ludicrous, right? A King […]
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Posted in Game, Guy Rules on Aug 19th, 2013
Social Savviness Rule #1 was: Don’t Get Defensive . Also known as the “If you show your soft underbelly, people will claw at it until your guts are sliding out” rule. In this post, we will discuss the second of the three Rules of Social Savviness: Rule #2: Don’t Force Conversation Topics. Men have a […]
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White knights are front page news at the Chateau this week, so today we will examine the myriad ways women tool men and make fools of those duty-bound chowderheads with aspirations to white knighting. 1. Let’s You and Him Fight This is a classic, and often successful, tooling tactic that women throughout history have employed […]
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