A few of my friends and I have gotten into the PUA world recently. We are long acquaintances, so we make great wings for each other since we don't have to create stories, we are social proof to each other, etc. We've been sharing info; books, helping each other develop our avatars, etc.

I had lent a copy of Mystery Method to my friend, and he had left it in an open location, so last weekend, while hanging out with a group of friends at his house, one of our female friends saw the book, and it threw her into a tizzy. She came onto the back porch, yelling at us for being so dumb as to believe in a book like this. She thought that the book, due to the full title including the phrase "how to get beautiful women into bed" was just wrong.

An argument ensued between our group... and here is where the techniques came in helpful. Every time she got heated and elevated, one of us would reframe the situation. Slowly, over 10-15 minutes we were able to talk her down. We continued on the thread, because she was very riled, and as she is a dear friend, we wanted to make sure her opinion of us wasn't diminished, because honestly, she's a great girl (HB8.5) and we could always use her as a pivot, if we won her over.

We talked about what the techniques were, and she denied that they work. As the conversation got overheated again, i isolated her with "there are too many voices shouting across the table... why don't we go somewhere to have a face to face conversation." We walked away from the group and continued talking. I explained what I had done, with reframing the conversation, engaging everyone, and even so far as using isolation tactics on her.

She stepped back reflected on the conversation, and asked if she could read the book once everyone who was waiting for a chance to read it got a chance.

Not really a field report, but another application of what the tools can do for you... a hammer can do more than pound a nail, you just need to learn the other uses... same goes for this.