Hello. So been reading The Game. An interesting book with some interesting approaches. So about me. Two years or so ago, I was ditched via a text message from a long term relationship, combined with being on anti-depressants for 3 and 1/2 years. And since then, picking up has been shall we say a chore. The confidence is gone. I can "open" as you term it, but never close. I have no idea what the hell has happened.

Now going back a number of years to when I moved away from home at 20, women were not a problem. At university and beyond I could go out, pick someone, put in a little bit of effort and at worst "make out" for a while. This was never a problem at all. I had an amazing girlfriend when I was 21 but would still go out and cheat on her regularly without any feeling of guilt. I used to be able to manipulate and charm women, and to be honest I'm not even that good looking. I was able to string girls along for sex for months at a time with no hope of them ever getting anything more than a drunken fuck after I had been out. I would send a text, say I was on my way round, there'd be a little protest and then everything would go the way I wanted it to. One night I even slept with my girlfriends best friend, got a text from gf who was out who said she was coming round, sent the friend home and then spent the night with the gf. This type of success continued until i was about 29, met HER, got together, had two and a half years of bliss, got ditched and now even when I see all the signs I am too shut scared to "close" the deal. I have become an absolute disaster when it comes to women. Perhaps its Karma for all those years of it. What I do know is that I want that back. I don't want a girlfriend. I want numerous partners, I want to enjoy the chase like I used to, multiple chases. So folks, get me back on track.