Pick Up Artist

[Spectacle]

I had a roommate who was the ringleader of a cheating ring in high school. Why did everyone cheat? For the grades. Why did he cheat? Because it was a fun game he played with the teacher. He told me he thought of it as, "Do you have the balls to call me out? You probably know I'm cheating, but would you actually stop this exam, tell the principle, call up my parents and bitch to them about me? Do you have the balls to do that? Is it worth the effort? How far can I push it to get away with cheating"

That's how I viewed being a PUA, pick up artist. At first and for most guys, motivation is to get laid. Fulfill the sexual appetite. But as you get to be smooth at conversation, having more fun socially, and of course getting more ass, you do it not for the sex. You do it because it's fun, not because you want to get with every girl. Hell PUAs get rejected all the damn time, and they are cool with it. It's just another no on the way to a yes. It's the obstacles on the course, it's the challenges present in the game. People who want to be PUAs strictly to get laid will fail, and fall hard. Even if they become successful at hooking up if they continue down that route (when being a pick up artist isn't quite socially acceptable) their life will not be fulfilling. They won't have matured and started the next stage of life.

What I guess I'm saying is it's perfectly fine to pick up as a young man. The benefits you reap from being a PUA are worth it, those intangibles are things you can't get from being a passive nice guy. Being assertive and confident are characteristics of a PUA. Being unheard and getting used are characteristics of nice guys. But accepting that being a PUA is a temporary job, it cannot further advance you in life realistically, is what should drive you. This is my time to shine, so let's get that spotlight on me. When it's over, I'll get off the stage and continue on with my night, not trying desperately to get the attention I used to get.

And yes, I've known women who ask "how much do you make?" within 5 minutes of meeting them. Ask other guys here, those gold diggers are prowling just like your definition of a PUAs.