Take The Shot
You don't know what's going to happen.
Nathan, a friend and longtime subscriber, shares how his dating life has changed since subscribing to the blog.
“Most people would look at me as a twenty-nine-year-old attractive and tall guy with an athletic build and automatically assume that I was good with women, especially given that I seem the part after serving in a combat zone in the Marines as well as later becoming a cop and assuming women would flock to me.
While I did receive a considerable amount of attention from women, I failed at taking the next step towards securing dates and escalating interactions with women until one day, I joined the R/Dating subreddit on Reddit in November of 2023.
While reading posts, I would consistently see a user named “JackedGuy” providing detailed and tailored replies on dating techniques to strangers on the internet that he had never met.
Often these posts included articles he had written that applied to the situation at hand, which were often downvoted by what appeared to be white knights spouting garbage about letting women make the first moves or how opening up to women about your feelings on your first date would show your vulnerability and amount to a better chance at a second date.
As a result of the influx of bad advice on the internet with what appeared to be the “blind following the blind," I felt I had found a resource through reading JackedGuys articles and sought out to emulate his “dating game.”
After reading a few of JackedGuys articles and incorporating various tips and recommendations, I downloaded Hinge and Tinder and began optimizing my profile, and over the last year, I have gone on more than forty dates. Before last November, my body count was five, which in today’s modern age isn’t terrible, but over the last year, I’ve slept with fourteen women. Additionally, through following the advice of casually dating multiple women at the same time, women flock to me as my time appears scarce, with me being legitimately too busy to blow up their phones as I have other options to simultaneously keep up with.
“You never know how your life could change from just five seconds of courage."
Whether it be walking up to that stranger you always see on the metro and complimenting her book choice, booking a last-minute trip across eight countries in Europe alone, or trusting the dating advice of some random guy you’ve never met off of the internet.
Finally, after incorporating the advice within these articles, I’ve refined my skillset to execute on each “five seconds of courage” that comes my way. As a result, I highly recommend anyone looking to improve on not only their skillset on dating but on their overall journey towards becoming a more masculine and well-rounded man to incorporate the content of these articles into their arsenal.
I really enjoyed reading Nathan’s testimonial because a) it’s great to see others implement my suggestions with success, b) his description of morons advising each other on dating forums was hilarious and precise, and c) he shared an invaluable insight: You never know what’s going to happen.
In spite of me having less credibility than a crack addict seeking a personal loan, in spite of me being bombarded with hate from White Knights and simps left, right, front, and behind, Nathan took a shot and joined the blog during its infancy.
When there were only six posts and fifteen subscribers.
And in doing so he quadrupled his body count, became more courageous, and changed his life in ways he couldn't imagine.
Nathan obviously had no idea any of this would happen when he first read my work – and he couldn’t have. It’s impossible to know what’s going to happen when you begin pursuing something.
Hell, I more or less sucked at everything I’m now good at the first time I tried it.
I collapsed as soon as I crossed the first lap in a two lap race during my first track meet when I was 14; I was built like Starvin’ Marvin from South Park and had no idea how to train any muscle when I first stepped foot in a gym, and I said extremely cringey stuff when I started cold approaching women.
I’ve now become proficient at these things, and becoming so has allowed me to experience things I never could have imagined.
Take the shot. Ask your crush out, start that side hustle, start writing – whatever. Just start doing whatever it is you want to do.
And remember: Always stay in the fight – you might suck at something now, but that doesn’t mean you always will.
You NEVER know what’s going to happen.
Happy New Years.
If you don't try then you've already failed