The short answer is: a friend noticed my struggles at a party and introduced me to the game.

I kinda don't feel like sharing my whole life story right now, so the short answer must do.

Tired of being the Nice shy guy. Tired of being Friend Zoned. I want to be able to walkup to a women and get her number and makeout with her while my friends watch in envy.

And of course more pussy and feel all around better about myself.

how i leanred about pua..

i was always lucky,, in terms of hot girls liking me.. i just beleaved the bull crap we were fed "about being "respectful" to girls"

i was playing a free video game online,, i found, bread crums.... i fllowed theese bread crums... and they led me, to pure gold,, the secrets.

i thought it was going to be a dumb game.. i was right

i thought this game would be made by a nerd,, i was proably right

i thought this game would no nothing about how to get girls... i was wrong

i saw a path,., bread crums.. and i fllowed them,, it laid me to tonys lay guid.. i never looked back

I've always been shy and reserved but internally I wanted more out of my life. It took 28 years to come to this point to turn it all around but at least I'm doing it NOW and not waiting another minute.

My buddy had The Game...read it. But it wasnt until recently that I struck out with two women that I thought were 'the one'. The only reason I thought that was because I was an AFC. From this whole life change, I want to gain confidence and go after everything I want in life.

Let the games begin bitches.

I, like many here it seems. Got into Game to improve my lifestyle rather than to get lots of girls. I was socially awkward, and not confident at all. I'd be the guy that just followed and didn't really take part, I'd stand there awkwardly if my friend bumped into someone HE knew.

I then got into a relationship by chance and was fucked over. I said "I love you" on the first fucking date. We dated for 3 months and then she split, I don't blame her.

I chased her for about a year, then finally came across Mystery Method, I'm not entirely sure, read books, learnt material, headed off and started using it and never looked back.

Now if my friend bumps into someone I don't know. I strike up the conversation with them, I get involved. I have fun and do things to amuse me, and not care what other people think.

I was brought into the PUA fold when I was 15. I was tired of hooking up with sub-standard women when I knew I could do better instead of the occasional hot one. I lacked confidence with women, I was bullied through my entire time in primary school and my parents never brought me up with fundamental social skills because they aren't particularly sociable and don't go visiting friends or having them over, but funnily enough I was able to build rapport and make friends with people I hardly knew very quickly.

But anyway, after my first crush a 17 year old girl in the year ahead of me hooked up with me, agreed to start going out with me and then 2 weeks later shredded my feelings (I had known her for quite a while beforehand, and SHE'S HOOOOT, not just from a hormonal teen perspective, trust me, she's competing in an all-Ireland beauty pageant this year). I was devastated. I'm friends with her now so that shit's all under the bridge (she still gives me IOI's but she's known for going through boyfriends like clothes, so I just keep a step back), but it was that chapter of my life which really shook me to begin to mould myself into a desirable, attractive fella.

Thing was, I didn't know where to start. I was so confused as to where I could get real help, and then my sister's friend gave me a borrow of The Game. I was immersed and I loved every page. I realize that the seduction community is much bigger and much more refined now, but it's what introduced me to the game, so I owe Neil Strauss that at least.

Now that I'm getting older, I'm wanting more women in my life aka quantity, quality and variety, more sex, more attention from women, a HUGE social network and the feeling of truly being a leader instead of a follower, and be listened to and heard clearly instead of ignored or disregarded. The journey the game has brought me through has been the only time in my life I've felt truly ALIVE, the memory of my former inconfident, vulnerable, nervous self seems so far away now. I owe the game my life, I really do.

Became AFC after an LTR then had a few mates who were good with women tell me i sucked with women and they were right so i got some tips off them on how to be cool use gel shave cool hat etc.. and about the same time i got an email from a datingclass .com in 2002 and started to read their info and apply it.
peace

Keys to the vip and the pick up artist

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“The only reason to wait a month for sex is if she's 17 years, 11 months old.”-Barney Stinson

My friend who knows about this stuff, probably through Keys To The VIP recommended I read The Game by Neil Strauss so I did and it opened my eyes.

I'm involuntary celibate, listened to The Smiths most of my life and never had a girlfriend. I true AFC and I am trying to improve my condition, I just want a girlfriend really. My mission in life to find love, and I can't do that if I don't have the confidence to make it so.

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I'm a lover, not a fighter.

I have had next to no real luck with women and would like to change that. Pretty simple!

I only heard of daygame and Neil Strauss' books about four months ago and this alone did give me some valuable lessons in trying to improve self-confidence and social circles too.

Going to an all-boys school clearly did not help my interaction skills with women which had been nonexistent till about 2001 when I was 17. I got seriously obsessed with one girl I got to know and built her up in my head as being perfect in every way without really getting to know her properly. But in my head, she was my perfect match. Then as things turn out I develop serious feelings for one of her best friends (and due to actually knowing her beforehand and liking many things about her and having lots in common too made me think that she has got to be THE special one for me). As I was always a bit of a social nobody at school and in my home town this would seriously prevent me from getting any kind of social status. I got cockblocked all the time and she had a bit of a slutty reputation with other guys too. Things like this hurt me so bad because of how she could casually fuck around with random guys like second nature whereas I, a supposed good friend who thought of her as a trustworthy person and would have liked to have spent more time with her AS FRIENDS at least, just got shunted out.

And that is just the short version. I went to uni (and also had an exchange year abroad too) hoping to make a clean slate but these bad experiences I described previously put me off putting my eggs in one basket so that I would not re-experience such hurt and pain again. I did befriend many girls I found attractive durin gthese years but had no knowledge of IOIs and was far too scared to try anything serious.

Since finishing with higher education and drifting along I suddenly had that penny dropping moment when I thought to myself that many times in town I have seen a stunning hot girl but had no idea how to approach her or get her attention. Then I by chance heard all about daygame and "The Game" and have been devoting myself deeply to all such related materials. It is the belief that, if I get things right, I could get with any hot girl I want whenever I want that made me want to get into the PUA world.

Although I have not had any super special moments, I do believe that reading these things and getting my self-esteem issues right have seen me project a far more confident self since.

got tired of being treated like crap although i treated all the girls with respect and honesty!

MAN! It's usually a bad relationship or oneitis that sends us over the edge, isn't it?

It has been my way out. One marriage and two gfs down and I just got tired of the $hit. First two dumped me, and after the third went psycho and all but forced me to dump her, I asked myself: is this the caliber of women I'm going to meet for the rest of my life? (I'm talking about crazy girls. The last one was an 8 in looks)

I remember looking up an old episode of The Pickup Artist one night. Next day I got sick so I watched both seasons. It was a glimmer of hope. I thought to myself, "There can't be a system to this! Every person is unique. It's all based on luck or fate... or... something." But after that I couldn't stop.

I've always been one of those guys that once I get hooked, I don't unhook easily. I've read so many PUA books, references, and anything else that I could get my hands on that it really isn't funny. I've always been good at the later stages of a relationship (or so I thought). My first lover and I studied sex and all of its aspects so much that I really have no worries there. But the approach stage was so bad for me. Just no confidence in my body language at ALL. And even if I could get a relationship started, it always ended up with me getting clingy and the relationship just dying.

I've always been a nerd. My looks are good, but up until recently I didn't know how to dress. Fortunately a friend of mine fixed that up for me. I'm a big muscly guy, but been so introverted that it does me no good.

All of the things that I've learned have helped me to do better at my job, get closer to the people around me, and yes... have helped in my attraction level to women.

I'm still very new to this community, but I like the support that you all give each other. You all are the greatest!

sick of chicks playing me and wanting more variety in the women i was with!

I was in a 3 year relationship and afterwards went through what could be described as the most painful period of my life when we broke up. I ended up in another relationship in where I got bored so I pursued to seduce women for a result that lacked a relationship. Being in a social group of 3, there was my friend David who was such a natural at picking up women that it just inspired me to be like him.

After a few months of failing by being needy and desperate, David gave away information on the PUA community. Where I started reading "The Game" & "The Mystery Method" which I tried out with excitment and I was already getting pulls on the first try. However, after a few months I pursued a method that involved making my life even better whilst simultaneously attracting women.

To this day, I am still making slight progress. Slowly, but surely. Although fortunately for me, I am currently 18 and still have a lot of time ahead of me. And I relish all the challenges I will face.

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"At the end of the day these are women's lives we're dealing with, not mere entertainment."

"We are what we repeatedly do. excellence therefore is a habit and not an act."

During my summer sophomore year in college, I had a mad crush on this girl name Carla. I'd spend my summer days, just getting out of summer class, trying to talk to her, and do everything around her. But it got to the point where I was becoming a burden to her at first. I remember the whole thing like it was yesterday. I had the worst body language ever, and I sat way away from her. Not to mention I begged to be her friend. It was fucking funny. To top it, the girl actually liked me, but she told me I was a bit of a stalker.

About a month after this altercation I sat down with a dear old friend mine, Dan, and he told me about mystery. Sure enough I found this forum, and the rest is history. To be honest, sad thing is, though I've progressed lots, I'm no where near were I should be. But the simple fact that I knew something was wrong and took the initiative says a lot.