To Jugner (and anyone else who cares to read this)
Thanks for what you said, Jugner.
Recently I let my
Esquire magazine subscription lapse. But the last issue I got included an interview with actor Peter O'Toole. He commented on the dating game, saying:
"I never looked for women . . . they are looking for us . . . They decide. We just turn up . . . Just turn up. They will do the rest."
Mr. O'Toole only slightly oversimplified, based on my experience. Set your radar to detect the girls noticing you instead of the girls you notice. Two things will happen:
1. You will cut down on heartache by spending your time on the girls who make it easy for you to meet them. Of course, they usually won't be the women who turn your head but that relates to the second thing that will happen.
2. By being one of the few men not tripping over their own feet chasing the better-looking women, you will increase your chance of those girls noticing you. Women like challenge, and when you are the guy who isn't trying too hard to impress them, that will swing the fence-sitters to your side.
And when you stop spending so much damn time trying to get girls, you can use that time to improve yourself - reading, exercising, volunteering, and so on - making yourself that much more desirable to the ladies.