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If you took her out to a bar for your next date, and came back from the bathroom to find her talking animatedly with an attractive man, laughing and smiling at him, and touching his arm, BOOM pangs of jealousy. You've invested how much time into getting this girl, and this guy is gonna STEAL her before you get a chance to get in there. Fear of loss is high, you have a lack of abundance, and you haven't had time to demonstrate enough qualities to her to make her necessarily want to be with you, yet. It may take you some amount of self-control and composure to walk over, politely introduce yourself, have a chat with them, and then whisk her away without looking needy or protective.
I do have enough self-confidence not to freak out every time some guy talks to my girl. I've been plenty of time in situations when girls I've just met and went to hang out with were given a lot of attention by other guys. I didn't really care.
1) Because I just met this girl and there isn't much to loose.
2) Even if I was in a relationship with a girl, it doesn't mean I'd be throwing fists at every guy she talks to.
Let's go beyond talking. Even if i approached a girl, wen to have a few drinks-and some guy STEALs her from me-not a big deal. I'd feel shitty about my game and the girl but-whatever-shit happens
I'm talking about the situation when you already have made some emotional investment, and was in a relationship with a girl not because you're afraid of being alone(or for the sake of being in a relationship), but because you really like her, personality etc, and you care about her. Now you 2 go to get some drinks on a Friday night, you have to go home early and fiind out that she was making out with some dude. No matter how melodramatic and cliche that sounds, that'd break my hart.
And the more the emotional investment, the more this type of shit hurts. I remember some guy writing about meeting some married couple in the bar, and husband had to leave early, so he ended up making out with her, and then she was writing him message inviting him home when husband is out to " finish the businness"...
@trixta If she leaves me for some guy because of his money then she is golddigger and I'd be happy of getting rid of her. If she fucks around after making thousand promises about commitment...that's shitty.
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This is generally why I advocate open / polyamorous relationships, precisely because they acknowledge the jealousy issue, and work on the basis of people choosing to be together because they're having a fun time, and the bond and level of emotional investment developing over time
Bond and level of emotional investment always develops over time. All you are trying to do is lessen your vulnerability, through decreasing your emotional investment. This is why lots of PUAs still don't do well at relationships.
Agreed. That's a shitty strategy for a successful relationship. If you don't have an emotional attachment-how can you really have a happy relationship? You can have fun time, but I don't think that's what we'd call that relationship a happy one.
How to invest emotionally without being needy is another topic, which is very important IMO.
So far, the only idea that come to my mind is making sure that the girl is as much emotionally invested in your relationship as you...now try doing that without turning into a emotional-investment-measure machine.
So how do you think a PUA can have a successful relationship?