| Hey all.
I'm Sonic (I name I have been awarded by my friends due to my incredibly spiky and 'hedgehog-like' hairstyle and and speedy learning skills), and I'm just now beginning to play the game.
About four months ago, my friends told me about the book 'The Game' by Style. I was skeptical at first, considering even the mere title of 'Pickup Artist' to be pretentious and megalomaniacal. And, I must admit, I doubted the abilities of these men to get beautiful women into bed so quickly, and not have supermodel-looks.
I also was unsure about the ethics of such matters, and found the idea of getting romantic advice from a book to be rather pathetic. But my views have been changing RAPIDLY over the past two years. I started off as that kid in middle school who was bitter about the world and hated everyone in his class (particularly the one in relationship). I would go around, preaching about how kids were devaluing the meaning of a kiss, and that children our age are too immature to be in relationships. What it really meant was, "I want to be in a relationship."
Since then, I have gained many-a-friend, lightened up, and overall just become more open-minded in life. However--a junior in high school, I still have not had my first kiss yet. Often times, when dwelling on this subject I get overcome with shame, thinking about how pathetic it is, not only to not have been kissed by age 16, but also to CARE about not being kissed. However, a month ago, I did what all men must do at some time in there lives, just as Style did, and Mystery before him, and admitted that I needed help. And I picked-up the Game.
Since reading it, I have become overwhelmed at the powers that these men possess, the possibilities of life and love, and the overall simplicity of what these guys learned. The fact that I could, perhaps, one day be doing these things was too much. I grew up on comic books, and have often woken up from dreams of learning I had superpowers. After reading the game and beginning to understand some of the key concepts, I felt as if those powers became as real as you and me.
Realizing that successfully getting a girl was an inherent part of my own stability as a person and a possible end to the loneliness and depression I have begun feeling of late, seeing all of my friends pair up with girls (most of whom I formerly had feelings for), I admitted defeat, and began to absorb every bit of information the Game (and the other PUAs and references I found from it) had to offer. I used to be a hopeless romantic, justifying my lack of social skills as a personal choice, that I was saving my first kiss for someone REALLY special. Now I just need one. I need to get out there, and start learning. I don't see women as objects for my own pleasure, but I realize that if all of my friends are doing it, then there's no reason that I can not, should not, and will not.
Greetings.
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"The pickup artist is the exception to the rule."
--Neil Strauss
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