Beware of the Pickup Artist – Go for the Good Guy

What is with the battle of the sexes’ battle for sex?  What’s with all the books and sets of “rules” for men to nail women and women to nail men?  In most cases the men are after sex and the women are after money or marriage, at least that’s what the books and the teachers teach.  But what are we learning and what are we perpetuating?

To listen to some of these pick up artist players, you’d think a woman was a horse to be tamed and ridden and kept in a stall.  There are whole courses on what to do if she resists, how to pull her back in, how to woo her with words or in some cases you’re told just to grab her ’cause some girls like that.’  WTF.  Really?  My heart goes out to the good guys out there who are scratching their heads every time they see a jerk get the gal. The same goes for the women chasing the men with their list of “rules” on how to land them.  Are men just a wallet and ring bearers?  I’ve read those books and I am certainly a rule breaker.  I can’t keep my mouth shut and I can’t quiet down to be sure the man is not intimated by me.  Can’t do it. Fail.  And that’s a good thing because there are good guys out there who don’t pull this crap.

Stepping back and looking at this player behavior, it appears to me like many of these pick up artists are sad little boys who hate their mommies for whatever reason.  And the women they’re going after are those with daddy issues. The two meet and have an issue party with nothing authentic. It’s almost like their wounded inner children are the ones in the game while their authentic selves are lost and confused.  No wonder women keep pushing the good guys aside to go for the jerk, they’re in a pattern.  Their fathers were jerks and the mothers of the men pursuing them were jerks which created – jerks.  These inauthentic pick up artist players use very similar tactics to catch their prey that abusers use. They cut the women down, say mean things and pretend to not like them at all so the women chase after them for the affection.  It is the push pull make you crazy game and it sounds awfully similar to many of the abusers!  The player is hitching his ride (and making the woman pay for it too) right up to the back of a long list of core issues.  You might say that’s bull since most women don’t have father issues, right?  Really?  And men don’t have mommy issues? Really?  Child sexual abuse is an epidemic.  There are over 39 million survivors in the states alone and the victims and abusers are all genders.  Believe me, you could toss a coin in the bar you’re in and it would land on a survivor.

26 james was tired of searching dating sites Beware of the Pickup Artist   Go for the Good GuyWhen you’re stuck in your core issues though, it’s almost impossible to see that good guy (or good gal).  It’s like they’re invisible and the pick up artist players have a golden spotlight on their heads.

Beware of the player just like beware of the abuser.  The good guys are the real catch.  The good guys don’t always have the savvy pick up lines or the velvet tongue to get into your pants and your purse.  The good guys are authentic.  But what happens when the players are teaching men techniques on how to land you?  What happens if women are so focused on getting money and marriage that they forget about the relationship?  You have a whole slew of wounded children continuing the cycle of trauma is what happens.  Watch out for those who cut down your confidence, tug at your self esteem, insult you, tease you, ‘take you down a peg’ or remind you of that abuser.

When faced with someone they truly fall in love with, players fall on their face and hit rock bottom.

Ode to the nice guys who finish last.  I love the nice guys. I appreciate them.  I believe that you’ll win the race.

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  • http://angelashelton.com/ Angela Shelton

    Thanks for comment Dog! And thanks for helping nice guys turn into good guys too. It’s sad that they need a class but then again, you’re right, people have issues. I didn’t even to go into detail about the ladies!

    And yes, I have met that guy I was super crazy for and he was too insecure and/or blind to see me, gosh darn it. But I got over that one. And he was ridiculously hot too and didn’t see it so that omits the zero sex appeal, whoopsie. :)

    Confidence is certainly a turn-on, even better is the kind of confidence that comes from men doing something great in the world and has nothing to do with confidence with women. It’s confidence in their place in the world and what they’re doing in it that is super sexy no matter what they look like.

    Do most of the men you teach have mommy issues? Come on, spill the beans.

  • http://angelashelton.com/ Angela Shelton

    Oh monkey…

  • http://www.askjdog.com ASKJDOG

    Oh Angela.. what to do? Ok you are right about many of the guys who study how to 'pickup' women. They are taught behavioral conditioning akin to dog training, which is even worse actually than your horse training metaphor. Yes, there are shitty people out there. However, the world is riddled with a whole range of people with varied personality disorders, both clinical, and subclinical.. most of whom have no knowledge of 'pickup artistry.'

    Most of the guys I've taught at seminars just want to feel better about themselves. They want to fit in, and belong. They also have a genuine interest in better understanding women. Simply put they want to learn how to flirt, and be more confident such that they can both recognize and move things along when a girl indicates she likes them. Most want to be in a good relationship. It is only a small percentage who wish to learn how to manipulate, and conquest. That is unfortunate, and yes this percentage has increase somewhat since the whole pickup artist subculture went mainstream.

    Unfortunately, in my experience “nice guys” finish LAST most of the time. Many men who are learning how to flirt, come off creepy or seem like they have an agenda at first. They are trying the best they can to learn how to be themselves. A more confident charismatic, and less inhibited version of themselves non-the-less. Give them a break.

    Women do need to develop a good intuition with men in general. They need to be able to screen for the good qualities in a man, and to be able to recognize when they are being played. Men too need to develop an intuition for screening for emotionally healthy women. This comes from emotional maturity, and experience.

    In most settings “nice guys” ARE invisible. It is the confident outgoing men that get far more attention from women. Be honest here.. have you ever met a guy who had all the qualities you value, but you had absolutely zero sexual attraction for, because he was too nice.. too unsexual.. lacked confidence.. perhaps he was even too uncomfortable to touch you.. but he was a really good person?

    There is a difference between a Good Guy, and a “nice guy.” Emotionally healthy women do want the Good Guys, but guess what he's a real catch. So yes, people with issues find people with other issues. Every guy wants 10's, and every woman wants a catch. Well I can't help women with their beauty needs, but I can help nice guys turn into good guys.

    Cheers.. J!

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  • http://www.askjdog.com ASKJDOG

    Oh Angela.. what to do? Ok you are right about many of the guys who study how to 'pickup' women. They are taught behavioral conditioning akin to dog training, which is even worse actually than your horse training metaphor. Yes, there are shitty people out there. However, the world is riddled with a whole range of people with varied personality disorders, both clinical, and subclinical.. most of whom have no knowledge of 'pickup artistry.'

    Most of the guys I've taught at seminars just want to feel better about themselves. They want to fit in, and belong. They also have a genuine interest in better understanding women. Simply put they want to learn how to flirt, and be more confident such that they can both recognize and move things along when a girl indicates she likes them. Most want to be in a good relationship. It is only a small percentage who wish to learn how to manipulate, and conquest. That is unfortunate, and yes this percentage has increase somewhat since the whole pickup artist subculture went mainstream.

    Unfortunately, in my experience “nice guys” finish LAST most of the time. Many men who are learning how to flirt, come off creepy or seem like they have an agenda at first. They are trying the best they can to learn how to be themselves. A more confident charismatic, and less inhibited version of themselves non-the-less. Give them a break.

    Women do need to develop a good intuition with men in general. They need to be able to screen for the good qualities in a man, and to be able to recognize when they are being played. Men too need to develop an intuition for screening for emotionally healthy women. This comes from emotional maturity, and experience.

    In most settings “nice guys” ARE invisible. It is the confident outgoing men that get far more attention from women. Be honest here.. have you ever met a guy who had all the qualities you value, but you had absolutely zero sexual attraction for, because he was too nice.. too unsexual.. lacked confidence.. perhaps he was even too uncomfortable to touch you.. but he was a really good person?

    There is a difference between a Good Guy, and a “nice guy.” Emotionally healthy women do want the Good Guys, but guess what he's a real catch. So yes, people with issues find people with other issues. Every guy wants 10's, and every woman wants a catch. Well I can't help women with their beauty needs, but I can help nice guys turn into good guys.

    Cheers.. J!

  • boredmonkey

    I joked about making me a T-shirt that says, “I'm Finishing Last!!!” I ask some women friends what they thought I meant about it, and they all thought I meant finishing last during Sex. *LOL* I told them it was a take from “Nice guys finish last.” But apparently my women friends were needing, or looking for a guy that can finish last in the sack. Bahahaha

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