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The game. I want to develop this idea of the game. An alternative take on that phrase.
I'm not talking about me (really) but picture a guy who is the most attractive high quality man ever. But he refuses to play the game. I'll explain what I mean but it doesn't mean he is indifferent or has "amused indifference" but people are chasing him.
What is the game? The degree to which there is a game varies per society I think and how neurotypical they are. The game of dating, I'm well aware is universal. It is trans species. That's different. I mean playing to social norms, acting, kissing the ring I call it. It's tiring. That could be my Asperger's. Maybe I could play it but I don't want to, but I still want the results, love so I'll work doubly hard at being a better man because that's my preference.. but it fails. Oh I had some shots perhaps but I keep coming back. I respect the systems and insights people have developed in online communities and i respect the people.
What i mean.. kinda, or maybe along these lines but with other aspects too, is I don't like having to agree with bullshit just to get love and attention, things to be so conditional, but in a certain way. I think love should be conditional.
I live in a blue city but in the residential neighborhoods. People think I'm red but I'm actually more purple. Anyway I had these neighbors on our block, a man and his wife and two sons. They seemed like they didn't belong, we're always really nice to me. They seemed like they belonged in the country, and that's where they moved to. They just seemed down to earth.
That's what I mean by the game. Respect matters. Winning it is still necessary but I'm gamey places you win it by weird and phony days and so on, or rote affirmations of things
I want what's best. Pride comes with a price. I'm aware of that and it's hard because I try so hard to be humble. I oscillate between authentic vs play along and if one actually did it for me I wouldn't be here. I am now seeing a counselor. My only flaw is not fitting in or having enough charm. I'm highly functional and all that jazz but I bit the bullet for a counselor. And she's pretty good. Just wanted to put that out there.
I don't like to just vent. And I have gone out a lot in my life and I still do go out, but just going out is not gonna change anything because it hasn't changed it yet. It's not itself the lever, though I still need to meet people.
What to do. What to say.
I'm not talking about me (really) but picture a guy who is the most attractive high quality man ever. But he refuses to play the game. I'll explain what I mean but it doesn't mean he is indifferent or has "amused indifference" but people are chasing him.
What is the game? The degree to which there is a game varies per society I think and how neurotypical they are. The game of dating, I'm well aware is universal. It is trans species. That's different. I mean playing to social norms, acting, kissing the ring I call it. It's tiring. That could be my Asperger's. Maybe I could play it but I don't want to, but I still want the results, love so I'll work doubly hard at being a better man because that's my preference.. but it fails. Oh I had some shots perhaps but I keep coming back. I respect the systems and insights people have developed in online communities and i respect the people.
What i mean.. kinda, or maybe along these lines but with other aspects too, is I don't like having to agree with bullshit just to get love and attention, things to be so conditional, but in a certain way. I think love should be conditional.
I live in a blue city but in the residential neighborhoods. People think I'm red but I'm actually more purple. Anyway I had these neighbors on our block, a man and his wife and two sons. They seemed like they didn't belong, we're always really nice to me. They seemed like they belonged in the country, and that's where they moved to. They just seemed down to earth.
That's what I mean by the game. Respect matters. Winning it is still necessary but I'm gamey places you win it by weird and phony days and so on, or rote affirmations of things
I want what's best. Pride comes with a price. I'm aware of that and it's hard because I try so hard to be humble. I oscillate between authentic vs play along and if one actually did it for me I wouldn't be here. I am now seeing a counselor. My only flaw is not fitting in or having enough charm. I'm highly functional and all that jazz but I bit the bullet for a counselor. And she's pretty good. Just wanted to put that out there.
I don't like to just vent. And I have gone out a lot in my life and I still do go out, but just going out is not gonna change anything because it hasn't changed it yet. It's not itself the lever, though I still need to meet people.
What to do. What to say.