@Kloi someone gave me quite unique food\flavour, mastiha.

They ate it with me and they could taste it profoundly and were excited that I could try it too.

I could barely say the flavour existed, sort of yeah I think its different and tasty (base food was tasty on its own), but wasn't sure was it placebo effect.

I have never ate it and never developed the taste.

@Kloi

Yes, but there is meeting in the middle laterally (side to side) in which you are making lateral concessions – maybe you are just sacrificing some progress/resource/time to meet someone in the middle

And then there is meeting someone in the middle vertically - in which they are beneath you (morally, because they are being a piece of shit, manipulative, etc., and dealing with them is the lesser of evils)

And I'm saying that it's best to just take the L in a lot of cases than try to meet someone in the middle beneath you

@Vermillion-Rx

It's the same universal principle applied along different avenues. How often do you really get to work/exchange/interact with any individual without giving something up in return.

@Kloi my post had more to do with compromise on values and making peace

Often times one party wants to meet in the middle and that middle is beneath you

Avoid people who lack humility/victim complex

@Vermillion-Rx

I realized years ago, more often then not, if I'm inviting someone to partake in one of my passions, I'm usually sacrificing my enjoyment for company because most people don't want to go at it, with the same level of intensity I possess.

By modern standards, Lola is definitely a woman.

@adam-l

Being sociable in short term relationships supplies you with new opportunities.

In long term relationships it is a constant reminder no only to yourself but your girlfriend as well, that you have options.

In LTRs that can actually cause jealousy issues and I have had to consciously dial back the level of sexuality in my passive flirting. I consider myself more of casual flirt now a days.

That's something I've discussed here before, passive dread works wonders. Active dread causes headaches. Being a socialable person is passive dread.

I we broke up today, my girlfriend knows I'd at the very least have the opportunity to sleep with someone attractive within a week. I never had to tell her that, she knows instinctively from watching me interact with strangers.

@Kloi

This was more of an illustration of what I feel the end goal should be, gaming women becomes a subconscious byproduct of who and how you act. Not a regulatory list of behaviors to fake your way into pussy.

Certainly! I was just springboarding off it to illustrate something.

Just be yourself is great advice for someone who's confident, likes who they are and the life they live.

Nah. It's dumb advice no matter what.

1) you're always yourself.

2) if yourself sucks, then you need to improve yourself to make yourself appealing

@Kloi how would you say this relates to short vs long term relationships?

@Typo-MAGAshiv

Just be yourself is great advice for someone who's confident, likes who they are and the life they live. Unfortunately, most guys that find TRP are damaged/broken at an internal level and haven't really been enjoying life thus far.

This was more of an illustration of what I feel the end goal should be, gaming women becomes a subconscious byproduct of who and how you act. Not a regulatory list of behaviors to fake your way into pussy.