So I've been a pretty steady reader of Chase's content, I also subscribed to his Chase Girls course and watched the course content. I'm not really an aspiring PUA; I'm older (38) and mostly satisfied with LTRs and not just trying to sleep with a lot of women. I joined this community because I respect Chase's content and find it very informative, and do want to "date up" in my own life and hope to apply these principles to finding higher quality women.
So, one of the things that Chase harps on is the lack of quality on dating apps vs. "in real life". At this point, it's kind of hard to distinguish where "real life" begins and where it ends when everyone is glued to a screen for most of the day even when they're outdoors. Myself, I live in Eastern PA close to the Philadelphia area, in the suburbs. Yes, it's not California, but it's not "middle of nowhere" either. If I try to find women "in real life", which I assume means in coffee shops, grocery stores, in transit, at malls, etc, I will see maybe, *maybe* 1-2 that meet my standards in any given day, if I visit quite a few locations. Often I will see zero the entire day.
If I take a trip to New York City, and spend the entire day wandering the streets, visiting stores, taking Ubers around, getting a hotel room, visiting a bar or two, I will see a higher percentage of attractive women, but... again, maybe 3-4, at most. In NYC. And of those 3-4, most are probably in a relationship, or otherwise unavailable, or very busy and really don't want to talk, or simply not going to click with me for whatever reason.
So, meeting women "in real life" seems like a massive waste of time when attractive women just... don't manifest themselves "in real life". The most attractive women I've slept with and had relationships with... I met them ALL online. Some lived in Philly and some lived in NYC. I'm sure they went outside of their apartments at some point but trying to align your presence with the presence of a woman you're attracted to... by chance... in "real life" seems awfully low-percentage when instead, you can find one online that meets your attractiveness standard, and align your values/interests/personality with hers to see if you "match".
Listen, I appreciate the tactics and the information Chase provides, and I think it's worthwhile subscribing for that alone, and some of the more "philosophical" big picture stuff like "Mouse Utopia" and how it applies to the modern dating atmosphere is absolutely *brilliant*. But the emphasis on meeting in-person and using tactics "on the street" seems like a losing battle in this day and age... unless I'm missing something.
So, one of the things that Chase harps on is the lack of quality on dating apps vs. "in real life". At this point, it's kind of hard to distinguish where "real life" begins and where it ends when everyone is glued to a screen for most of the day even when they're outdoors. Myself, I live in Eastern PA close to the Philadelphia area, in the suburbs. Yes, it's not California, but it's not "middle of nowhere" either. If I try to find women "in real life", which I assume means in coffee shops, grocery stores, in transit, at malls, etc, I will see maybe, *maybe* 1-2 that meet my standards in any given day, if I visit quite a few locations. Often I will see zero the entire day.
If I take a trip to New York City, and spend the entire day wandering the streets, visiting stores, taking Ubers around, getting a hotel room, visiting a bar or two, I will see a higher percentage of attractive women, but... again, maybe 3-4, at most. In NYC. And of those 3-4, most are probably in a relationship, or otherwise unavailable, or very busy and really don't want to talk, or simply not going to click with me for whatever reason.
So, meeting women "in real life" seems like a massive waste of time when attractive women just... don't manifest themselves "in real life". The most attractive women I've slept with and had relationships with... I met them ALL online. Some lived in Philly and some lived in NYC. I'm sure they went outside of their apartments at some point but trying to align your presence with the presence of a woman you're attracted to... by chance... in "real life" seems awfully low-percentage when instead, you can find one online that meets your attractiveness standard, and align your values/interests/personality with hers to see if you "match".
Listen, I appreciate the tactics and the information Chase provides, and I think it's worthwhile subscribing for that alone, and some of the more "philosophical" big picture stuff like "Mouse Utopia" and how it applies to the modern dating atmosphere is absolutely *brilliant*. But the emphasis on meeting in-person and using tactics "on the street" seems like a losing battle in this day and age... unless I'm missing something.