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Are you saying M, that you should set boundaries, and when women cross them, brush them off, use humor or redirect, and THAT shows that its a strong boundary? And to set boundaries, that you accept women will cross constantly to test you? And that you should have strong boundaries but not react when crossed?
Couldn't have said it better myself. The caveat is when women TRY to cross them with shit tests. If your boundaries are strong then their tests just bounce off and your frame becomes implicit to the woman that you are who you present yourself to be (the persona and the person are one and the same) but if the woman DOES manage to get through them with some armour piercing barb that's totally unacceptable like a nuclear shit test then you CAN react and you react by dumping her. That's what someone who comes from a place of abundance does.
Think of your emotional state as being like the starship enterprise. Your boundaries are the ship's forcefield. If you have a strong forcefield (boundary) then her photon torpedos (shit tests) are just going to bounce off and have no effect on the ship (your emotional state) and her stress testing of your forcefield (boundary) reveals to her the strength you hold within.
Another analogy would be: Suppose you an accountant and you know you're a good accountant and some kid in the street shouts...
"Hey Mr, you're a shit accountant!" are you going to get all upset about it? Are you going to lose sleep over it? No. You're just going to say "Yeah whatever" and forget about it. Your emotional state will be unperturbed. It's like a BB gun against your boundary.
Now suppose the CEO says to you "Hey Neo, you're a shit accountant!" Well that's a mega hit on your boundary with sirens going and flashing red lights, but if you're good at accounting then you know inside it's not true. AND.....coming from a place of abundance you know that another accounting job is just around the corner (meaning another hot babe) and you can just walk away with nothing lost.
[ Now suppose MR Melodical from IT says to you on your first day as a noob "Hey Neo the boss isn't really a cunt, he just likes to spring "You're a shit accountant" on new employees to see how they react, as he's looking for a man who can cope under pressure to promote to a partnership in the firm, last 10 guys got all upset and fell to pieces" Now is that valuable information?....you see where I'm coming from with this?]
A person with weak boundaries would let a woman influence his emotional state and put up with it just because she's a 9 or 10 or whatever. This type of guy becomes an orbiter; doing nice things for her in the hope that someday they will get together in some Hollywood fantasy.
Women want you to pass these tests and you can sometimes see it in their eyes when they're testing you.
In the back of their heads they're thinking "C'mon don't react,don't react, I don't want some wuss who is going to get all upset".
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I think what you mean, is that you shouldnt compromise your values/opinion for a chick. If she says she has a bf and you dont care either way, game on. If she thinks your shirt is gay, dont care. If you dont want to buy her a drink dont buy one. Doesnt need to get deeper than that. If a noob can remember those lines and responses, they can remember that one philosophy.
Someone on here once said "How do I know where my boundaries should be?" and got the reply "By doing what YOU want to do" If you want to buy her a drink, buy her a drink, but don't buy her a drink because you want her to like you, buy her a drink because you WANT to.
[As an anecdote on this: Back in my 20's there was a 9 who used to go to my local club every Saturday night and alway came there with no money and got her drinks bought by guys. Eventually she asks me and I say no on the grounds I only buy drinks for girls I'm dating and did she think she was "special" somehow. Anyway she fucked off, but the next week it was the same "Are you going to buy me a drink?". SIX weeks this went on and eventually I found out is was her birthday so I bought her a drink without asking.
Her reply "You fu**ng c*nt". I had won the frame, dated her for 9 months]
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The problem with "passing a test" is the person giving you the test is the one in power
Depends on where you're coming from. If you look at the test as:
seeing who has the power, then the dynamic switches in your head.
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1. "I have a boyfriend". It's not really a shit test. If it's a girl that would cheat on her boyfriend, it's simply her passing the responsibility for cheating to you. It can also be disinterest without her saying, "I don't like you". Or it could be she really has a boyfriend and wants you to go away.
"Have a boyfriend" What it really means.
1/ "I really do have a boyfriend."
2/ "I don't have a boyfriend it's just an autopilot response because you startled me and I feel uncomfortable".
3/ "I don't have a boyfriend but I'm testing you to see if you're alpha enough to stay knowing that you may have to deal with another guy".
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If it's a test, you should walk away because if she is interested she is playing games.
Midshipman Jack has sea sickness I think.
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2. "Buy me a drink". This doesn't meet your definition of a shit test. What guy gets upset and defends himself if a girl says this?
If it creates an emotional response like pleasure by doing it then yes it is
What it really means is: "Buy me a drink as I want to see if you're going to be one of my beta orbiters or a real man who will stand up to me and be my rock".
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3. "That shirt looks gay". Again, not a shit test because your frame isn't being tested. If you have some reason to think it's being tested you are way too sensitive to be approaching women.
It's testing your sensitivity and social skills.
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Every time for your statement to stand you seem to need to narrow down the field to who will be using this advice. First it's for the new guys. Now it's for the new guys that are not confident, needy, or lack social skills
Most new guys are needy, unconfident and lack social skill that's why they want to learn PUA, if they were naturals they wouldn't be here.