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Category Archives: Dating
What Do You Do When An Alpha Move Goes Wrong?
From the Chateau: I post this gif clip with the knowledge that there’s a strong possibility it was staged. (h/t IHTG for passing it along) But, assuming for the sake of Game proficiency inculcation that it’s an authentic capture of … Continue reading
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Study: May-December Romance is Normal, Natural, And The Way Of The Superior Man
From the Chateau: This is a shibboleth-smashing study sure to give ugly feminists (but I repeat myself) and game-hating tradcons the hives. Attachment Styles of Women-Younger Partners in Age-Gap Relationships. “Women have evolved to seek an older mate, however, research … Continue reading
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NYP: My dad Howard Stern put me off dating men
New York Post: A couple of blocks away from the Upper West Side home of radio’s king of raunch, Howard Stern, his Torah-scholar daughter sits in her ankle-length skirt and recites a blessing. Emily Stern, 32, couldn’t have a life … Continue reading
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Have You Known A Woman Who Doesn’t Like To Be Spoiled?
Have you ever heard of a guy say, “I don’t like blowjobs?” No. Equivalent for women would be: “Have you ever heard a woman say, I don’t like it when I feel intense emotions or when other people give me … Continue reading
One Of The Most Powerful Female Attraction Triggers
From the Chateau: ♂SCIENCE♂ clearly confirms the field observation that women are instantly and romantically curious about a man who is in the company of other women, especially if those women aren’t fat bluehair feminists. [Female preselection] solves a more … Continue reading
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Women Don’t Like Men Who Keep Apologizing
From the Chateau: Recently, in the Washington Beta, an article was published confirming that the CH game advice to never apologize is effective at winning people to your cause. Donald Trump never apologizes for his controversial remarks. Here’s why he … Continue reading
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An Orthodox View Of Love
Jewish Standard: Both Ms. Brown’s books are written in a child’s voice — a smart, self-aware, limit-testing, often obnoxious little girl, self-centered as happy children often are, secure in her parents’ love and her place in the world. “Hush,” published … Continue reading
On Tinder, Off Sex
Ali Rachel Pearl writes for the New York Times: My friends don’t seem to understand my secondary abstinence. They ask if I’ve had sex yet. “How can you go so long?” they ask. “I can’t imagine.” They say: “You have … Continue reading