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Is There Such A Thing As “Aiming Too High” Romantically?
I feel like back in the day, and now I always had a good sense of how I stacked amongst other men and what kind of women I could somehow convince to go on a date with me ;) I saw myself as a culinary maestro in the dating bistro, well-aware of my own flavor and the appetites I could satisfy; serving up a smorgasbord of charisma and conversation, all while whipping up a memorable experience.
I always kind of knew how attractive I was. I also understood that some women were so attractive that I would never quite compare with other more attractive men they had dated in the past. I was very much okay with this.
It’s the shrewd and cold truth. It’s a reality that somehow bludgeons you repeatedly, with no death being the end result. Just a harrowing and stark reminder that is and will always be the modern dating hierarchy.
The sooner you know this and have a good understanding of where you stand socially, this can and will be your biggest strength.
But a large majority of people don’t live in reality these days, do they?
Society quickly becomes increasingly disingenuous as the years go by. You can blame social media for that. People drop performative comments and pandering videos to what the current “virtue signaling” wave is. People are never really…