I live in a town of roughly 1,700 people. That's not a typo; I actually share my town with less that 2,000 citizens. There are two local bars and if there are 50 people in them on the weekends, that's a huge accomplishment that rarely ever happens.
So when you tell me you live in a place with 100,000 people and that your clubs are packed with 100 people, forgive me if I don't feel sorry for you
Now, here's the thing about living in a small place where you see a lot of the same people regularly: people often develop a preconceived notion of who you are, what you're like and what your life probably consists of before they ever meet you. As a natural, that worked in my favor growing up here because I emitted the right subcommunications to suggest I am awesome and my life rocks.
By virtue of the fact you are here asking for advice, it's safe for me to assume you are giving off the wrong subcommunications and that people probably assume the opposite about you.
The best advice I can give you based on what you said, is ditch all this value-based Mystery Method BS and think of things in terms of yourself. A girl does not have an objective "high" or "low" value--she has the value you give her in your mind. So if you think, "OMG, there's a hot girl, they're so rare, I have to DHV 3 times then throw out 9 negs so she'll like me," you're automatically setting yourself up for failure.
If, on the other hand, you say to yourself, "Hey, there's a cute chick. Not THAT cute, but cute enough for me to come over and see if there's something else attractive about her that she can impress me with," you are putting yourself in a much better position to be nonreactive to the whims of her emotions, which is highly attractive to the ladies whether they'll admit it or not.
Now, all of that stuff you said to this bartender? Total bullshit. You're not DHVing, you're lying, and it's not even that good of a lie. For example, a few days ago I listened to a guy in my gym tell me about how he's dating a Brazilian model with a degree in economics who makes over $100,000 a year and speaks 4 languages but she is talking about marriage and he doesn't want to commit to her. Do you think I believed him?
Of course I didn't, because the narrative is obviously built in a way that's supposed to impress me. All I heard was, "Hey, please think I'm a really cool ladies man because I'm getting old and I need a little external validation from a young guy who actually has his shit together."
It wreaks of insecurity, and if I had to guess, I bet your story did as well.
I hope this helped.
Your boy,
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