Could letting my friend into the pickup world harm our friendship?

My friend knows I know how to communicate well and read people. He knows I have interests in human behavior and thinking and will talk with me a lot to gain some knowledge.

Well, he is now starting the journey to read a lot of books (How to Win Friends and Influence People, books on body language, etc.).

I know that showing him some PUA material would best help him understand some of these ideas. However, some of the things he has said send up red flags to me.

He seems to be doing all this to want to get power over people and learn how to control them. He talks in very self-centered ways. He has low self-confidence so I can see where this extreme desires can come from.

This being said, if I open his eyes to PUA literature, I don't want him to begin trying to one-up me or dominate me (be the alpha). This is not because I don't like a challenge or that I wouldn't feel secure, but rather I don't want our friendship to be hurt and ruined in the process.

I feel that ignorance is better for some people. I remember how I was when I first read books about this kind of stuff. Thankfully I was able to more or less exit out of the self-centered way of thinking, but I do not see this in my friend.

What would you do and why?

Have you already introduced a friend to PUA material? How did it affect your relationship?

If he is your friend, a good friend ofcourse.

Dont you wanna help your friend improving his life?

Yes, it made us more closer... because we open girls and talk about our failures and sucess. Good laughs.


And would be incentive, if he doing why not.

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Oh! You've gotta be kidding me!

I had 4 or 5 situations like this.

There are people who want to improve and those who find excuses why they are losers. Those people who want to improve will try out new things with or without game , and those who don't want will say That opener is stupid and shit like that.

The best thing to here is to do this. See potential in him. Does he want to improve and will he use this knowledge to do good (this guy probably wont, but that can change). Give him The Game (book) and say "Here is something I think you might like", and wait for his feedback. Don't be like Hey, here is the book that changed my life, cause not everyone has the courage to change his life.

You can only show the door to someone, they have to walk through it.

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I have to return some videotapes...

If he is willing to learn, why not? You can use him as your wing too and you can encourage each other when you don't feel in the mood or have AA. Having a wing is always good for sarging.

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If you TRY, you will have 50% chance of succeeding. If you DON'T TRY. you have 0% chance. - jsmyong55

You will always feel 10 times better after you approach.

I showed him some body language stuff and he is going crazy. He bought and read many books and has learned a lot over the last month.

This is good and all; however, just as I thought, he is trying to use the techniques on me (using dominant displays in front of me which he has never done before).

It's unfortunate, but if he does not cut it out, our friendship will be affected... hopefully it's just a phase.

hey man, who cares, just let him be him, if it bothers you so much just have fun little pissing contests with him, or stop hanging out with him

Do him a favour and burn 'how to make friends and influence people' every guy I have ever met who goes by that book has been the biggest fag...

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"Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Haha. That's actually the first book he read in this journey of "self-exploration."