@MidgetSpinner Not an important post, but it's something I've been noticing only lately and it has me confused - not complaining though. I wondered if you guys might have any insight on what the fuck is happening here.

So basically, I spent the last 3 years in isolation/monk mode after a major breakup that honestly traumatised me - my own fault though for not walking away sooner, but that's besides the point.

In those 3 years, any time I went outside; whether it was just to go shopping, for a gig or social event, I noticed women no longer paid any attention to me. I might have got the rare look here or there, but it was very rare and I know this because I was always paying attention to whether girls looked, I think because I was starved of it during the time. To add to that, I was always good at spotting choosing signals prior to the isolation because I was consistently sexually active for years - so I knew if a woman wanted me without ever having to speak to them. I kind of lost that skill through my time alone, and with low self esteem.

Anyway, fast forward to the last month or so. I started seeing a girl around mid-August, it was an intense and passionate situationship that burned out almost as quickly as it began. The fact that I handled her so well in the beginning was a shock to me after being stagnant for so long - the girl was obsessed initially. I made a couple of posts here on how that shit show ended up, but the key takeaways are: 1. I finally got out of my drought, and 2. My original self esteem and ego were restored, and I realised I was still the man, but still needed to work on some things. I am a rusty katana basically.

That situationship ended roughly 3 weeks ago and I've been a sad, introspective sack of shit ever since.

Here's the thing though... Everywhere I go lately, girls are showing me choosing signals. Today for example, I only popped over to the shop and I had about 7 different girls eye fuck me throughout.

It's been like this for the past few weeks wherever I go. People have even been making comments on my appearance, my "sexiness" etc, but when I look in the mirror at myself, I don't see any difference to who I was in those 3 years alone. The only real differences I can think of is that I have been working out more regularly, but I'm not dressing to impress at all lately - I am still in a state of grief and depressed after what happened recently. So I don't get it. I'm not imagining things either, I am being checked out by most girls everywhere I go lately, and I want to take advantage of it but I feel low.

Anyone know what the fuck is going on? It's not like I've had a sudden change in energy, or like I'm suddenly oozing confidence again. I feel like shit lol.

@Typo-MAGAshiv Thanks again for this resurrection! Something amazing about markets is how big bubbles can go before they pop. Hoeflation is reaching epic proportions that will keep historians busy in their AI inhabited virtual machines a thousand years from now amused.

Let's compare hoes to restaurants: I marvel back in the late 80's I whined about paying for women on dates. Even paying for the first or second date and I was told to "just give in, do an awkward ask out and act like you LOVE paying for dates, and you have a good chance at getting laid". It seemed like a way to sell my soul and it turns out, men collectively did. It just got worse and worse similar to, say, restaurants!

I still see lots of restaurants being built and I'm astonished. Here's something I took photos of. I'm going to post the permits for everyone's amusement because it's utterly shocking. SOMETHING is going on! Look at these permits for a French cafe restaurant being setup on a LEASED building.

Jesus Christ! I added up about $10,000 in building fees for them to even break ground. Then they put in an easy couple of hundred grand in. I see these restaurants going up and down all over the place. In the past 7 years, I've seen some sites with rebuilds twice.

Something similar happened to fast food. Someone remarked the death of good fast food is because starbucks, McD's, Wendys look alike because those old iconic buildings were so unique, they could get in/out cheap so now rebranding a Taco Bell to a McD's is merely changing some signage and paint.

I chatted with a friend whose been devastated by Stacked Ranking and H-1bs laying off everyone and she's been out of work for more than a year. I asked her about savings and she said "We spent it as fast as I earned it". She had a gorgeous wooden deck and nice cars. I drove up until recently a 20 year old Hyundai Elentra. I got mocked for my frugal ways, but it meant sleeping a lot better at night. Going out for $70 steak dinners weekly, or even bi-weekly is insane to me. (however you interpret bi-weekly, it's still insane!)

For me, simply being required to pay for a first date was offensive and I eventually cut that slack realizing I wasn't going to land a pretty wife otherwise. It's like me griping about paying 5 cents for ketchup. But now for young men, work 60 hours a week for an ungrateful blue haired face pierced wife? I cannot imagine.