I never had much problems with women before I started to get into the PUA stuff, but I was more of a relationship kinda guy. I jumped from one LTR to another, the girls were usually HB8's, pretty, but never the most gorgeous ones.
After I had dated my first model girl (HB9.5) for half a year and got dumped for the first time in my life, I figured I could improve. After reading PUA materials I realized that I had behaved just like the basic wussy. I believed this model-girl was simply too good to be true etc. and it showed in my behaviour.
One would think that the PUA lifestyle change has been great for me, I go out with really pretty girls HB9+'s quite often, have had my fair share of models too, all thanks to understading the dynamics of interaction better..
But the flip-side of the coin.. It has all become maybe a bit too much of a game. I don't feel the anxiety anymore that one used to have as an AFC, not knowing what is going to happen next etc. having the thoughts about "should I call her 'cause I haven't heard from her for 1-2 days" etc. At some level, it makes life cynical.
Another turn for the worse is that once I realized that with the right attitude you can have pretty much any girl, I've raised my standards, maybe even too high.
But in the end, if I had to choose again, I'd still go for the PUA way, its always nicer to be on the winning-team
