Registered for this thread. I had a lot I wanted to say but it took like two weeks for my registration to be approved.
I'm 22 and I had to teach myself everything I know about women. My dad is cool but he pretty much only told me "don't put the p*ssy on a pedastal". He probably would have told me more but I like to keep my emotions and shyt to myself, so he most likely figured I didn't need any help and I didn't care about love and all that.
Getting to the point: I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who posted legitimate advice. I read about 90 pages but most of the posts started to become the same stuff but worded differently. A lot of it is indeed situational but there's still tons of things a lot of dudes should read over.
This thread definitely changed my view on women and made light of what my dad told me. I didn't understand what he meant until I read this thread. Luckily, I was only a simp with two girls but now I know what to look out for.
A lot of this stuff I already knew, though...which is good to know that I had put myself on the right track all these years.
After soaking up all the information I gathered in this thread, I really don't even know what to do as far as women go. Like, I really couldn't care less if I were to stay single for the rest of my life and it's honestly liberating af to not care about shyt like that anymore. I still enjoy looking at women and shyt but that's about it.
I agree with whoever said every man needs his heart broken by a woman. Imo, that's when you become a man because a devastating breakup is what tunes you in to your emotions. I used to hate a certain ex of mine but now I'm forever thankful. Our breakup changed me in almost every single way and for the better. I know exactly what I want out of a relationship and what I like/dislike in a female because of her. Breaking up with her forced me to enjoy being alone and now I don't need to be with anybody. I'd never tell her but she made me into the person I am today. My life would be totally different if I never met her.
I used to have no confidence at all. I used to hate the way I talk, look, my height (5'7''), my hair, my complexion, my name...damn near everything until I started really thinking about things and paying attention to certain situations, like where/why/when/how women talk to me and treat me. I would stare at myself in the mirror, forcing myself to pick out things I liked about my face and shyt. Corny but it worked. I don't know why I never had confidence, I've never had issues getting girls. It was just hard for me to believe someone actually had feelings for me, I suppose.
I spend a lot of time alone. I have tons of friends but people are busy. If I'm not working or some shyt, I'm thinking about what I can do to improve myself. This has nothing to do with money or material things. It's more of a mental and soul development thing. I'm more worried about what happens after you die (intrigued would be the better word) than the next girl I'm going to fukk. A lot of people don't get that, though. So many dudes ask me, "BRO...HOW CAN YOU NOT NEED p*ssy BRO? I SWEAR MAN I NEED IT EVERYDAY BRO I NEED ME SOME p*ssy" - that is weak af to me. You shouldn't NEED anything from anyone other than their respect. My own damn cousin thinks I'm gay because I won't sit there with him and discuss sexual shyt or because I'm never trying to get laid. I've never understood why a bunch of nikkaz would want to sit around and talk about what they like having done to them and all that shyt. You really have nothing else better to talk about? C'mon bro...
There are so many things to have your mind stapled to other than p*ssy. Don't attach your self-worth to sex.