Name: Doyle
Age: 28
Location: Manchester
Occupation: Self-Employed
PUA Experience: Read The Game 3 times

Good evening.

This is a bit of an overdue intro as have been a member on here for about a month now and have already met a few of you already (hi guys!) Apologies for the delay - procrastination is a problem for me :-)

My route into pua came via reading The Game - interesting looking cover I thought whilst browsing the self help section in Waterstones a good few years back. I was quite big on personal development at the time, as was doing a counselling studies course at Uni, and my relationships with women, or the way in which I interacted with them, was definitely an area in need of development.

So being the self starter that I am, I bought it, read it, thought it was absolutely brilliant and then did absolutely nothing about it. It’s hard to pinpoint why, for some strange reason I rejoice in putting things off, and I guess being a shy guy who suffers with low self esteem, I knew that actually engaging in it would mean taking me out of my comfort zone. So it was easier just to put it away and tell myself that I would get round to it at some point. 5 years on and 3 reads of the same bloody book I guess I'm now at that point now.

To be honest I have always done ok with women. I had a FB/girlfriend at Uni for 5 years (she thought she was my girlfriend/I thought she was my FB) and I'd occasionally manage the odd one nighter, which could vary from anything from a 7 to a 0 (some were that bad) Despite some great times the lifestyle I lead at Uni bothered me though, I drank too much, took too many drugs, rarely exercised, or actually went to lectures, and managed to turn a 3 years course into a 5 year course as a result. I also knew that I needed to be drunk in order to talk to women and would always go for girls that either looked easy or weren't very attractive.

Since leaving Uni 4 years ago my lifestyle has improved immensely, I now hit the gym 3 times a week, watch what I eat, have managed to get myself set up as self employed and generally only drink at the weekends or when I am out. My success rate with women hasn't improved. I've had one GF for 6months and a couple of random pulls (still ugly)

So I'm on a bit of Personal Development drive which has me to reading The Game...again, and actively getting involved this time. I'm not really in it for just shagging (would be nice though) it’s more than that. I want to conquer my fears. I want to be able to walk up to a girl I find attractive and talk to her, engage her, maybe even make her laugh or feel good about herself, without having to worry about what she or other people will think. I'd like to be able to ask people for directions, banter with strangers and if I think or see something funny share it with people I'm near whether I know them or not. I'd like to meet different people, the kind of people I'd never normally encounter, have adventures, travel, without having fear hold me back or hindering me. It’s an amazing life and I’d like to embrace it more and all the opportunities it throws my way. I'd also like to talk to and sleep with girls I actually find attractive, not just ones who put out on the first night because they are pissed or have showed me the slightest bit of attention.

I'll end now before I bore you (self esteem kicking in again) and this laptop burns a hole in my lap, but I'm looking forward to the journey hope to learning, sharing and laughs with some of , if not all of you guys on the way :-)

Doyle

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.

Welcome to the forum man. Your in the right place to help with all these issues, i know from being in a very similar dark place myself. The guys here are really supportive and help you to correct some of your perceptions.

Good luck on your journey and i hope you acheive everything that you want.