Have you avoided approaching a girl just because she is
talking to another guy?
Or maybe you avoided approaching a group of girls with one
or two guys with them because you feared embarrassment just
because you ASSUMED that those guys were cooler than you.
There are a couple of reasons why most guys are too shy in
approaching women who are with other guys.
They think that the woman is "with" the guy, and assume he's
her boyfriend.
This isn't a real reason to not talk to a woman, especially
in a bar - it's a social setting where people meet other
people. Plus - she's not his "slave" - she's a human being,
not a piece of property, so she is free to talk to whomever
she chooses.
Approaching a woman who is "with" a guy often will make you
look extremely confident, and draw out his jealous side,
making him look insecure and weak.
The second reason why guys don't approach woman who is
"with" a guy points to a deep insecurity based on a simple
misconception.
Men tend to be threatened by other men, they assumed that
the "other guy" is more cooler, stronger, or somehow
powerful than they are.
This comes from an ancient survival strategy that had been
fixed into human brain.
It's often hard to tell who the more "dominant" human is in
any given interaction. The social hierarchy is very subtle,
and mostly unconscious. So when a male is confronted by
another male, he doesn't know how dominant the other guy is.
A guy doesn't know if he will be embarrassed verbally, or as
was probably common thousands of years ago, beaten up.
So it's smart to play it safe by assuming that the other guy
is a threat. Males who were too bold may have won a few
confrontations, but all it took was one loss to end up dead
or exiled from the tribe.
And then their genes were eliminated from "race" so to
speak.
So the guys who played it safe, and avoided confrontation
usually lived long enough to reproduce and survive.
The irony of this is that nowadays this hard-wired survival
strategy is the basis for most approach anxiety - guys avoid
women unnecessarily because they are making false
assumptions.
Here is the thing, mostly when you see a girl talking to
another guy in the club or bar, she's not WITH him.
Usually, they JUST MET!
I can't tell you how many exact times I have approached a
woman that is being with a guy that I thought he was "with"
that guy or say a boyfriend, then only to find out that it
was just a dude that approached her. Or he was just a friend
or relative.
I have regrets when I remember that I used to completely not
talking to a woman because I saw her being with another guy.
So many opportunities that I've wasted. This brings me to my
first point:
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE MEANS TO HER. DON'T ASSUME THEY ARE
TOGETHER UNTIL YOU SEE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
You will know it if you try to act and find out. Just
remember that in time that they are together you should be
alert an respectful, the guy may be the insecure jealous
type and may start a confrontation.
So use your brain - just don't be stagnant in making a false
assumptions.
Another thing that I want to talk about is the idea that the
other guy can be more "dominant" than you are.
The concept of the alpha male is completely outdated. In the
caveman days, the alpha male had real power - he had access
to resources like food, and was physically stronger, so he
could beat up competitors.
But ask yourself if those powers are relevant today. Every
man with a source of income can survive on his own - if
you're reading this, you probably have access to food and
shelter. You're all set.
Plus, in this modern world it is irrelevant to use the
physical strength just to beat people up. It's illegal.
Attacking another person will always end you up defeated
because the police always win.
You are LETTING RANDOM GUYS STOP YOU FOR NO REASON! if you
are thinking about it.
Just excuse my French, but who is HE to say who YOU talk
to???
I recall all the girls I missed out on because I was afraid
about some DUDE. And it makes me mad remembering that and
knowing that the other guys are dealing with some crap!
You are going to look back on all the things you did and
didn't do, when the time comes that you're on your deathbed.
How painful it is to say "I haven't approached that girl
because I was scared of another guy," or "I could have
enjoyed being with so many beautiful women if only I have
approached them even if they were TALKING to another guy."
I don't want you to be like that.
So let's analyze it deeply. You truly don't understand
dominance if you are seeing the other guy as more dominant.
You see, if you're concerned with who is more dominant you
instantly make yourself NOT dominant. There's a better
focus.
Dominant men don't think about who is dominant. To be
dominant, you must first THINK like a dominant man. So what
do dominant men think about? Whatever it is they are doing
or want.
So you see another guy talking to a group of girls. Instead
of worrying about whether or not he's more dominant than
you, focus on the girls.
It's proven to be a waste of time if I have to acknowledge
other guys. Out of 10 women, 9 of them doesn't even know the
guy - they just meet him.
Or if they do, maybe ONE of the girls know him, and barely
the rest know him.
It's seldom for women to go out with a guy they are dating -
normally they will bring a guy that is more of a
protector/friend because a guy like that is more valuable
when they go out on the town.
And also, if that guy IS with one of the girls, that means
he's NOT with the other girls - they are fair game.
When you are concerned with who's the alpha male, you are by
definition NOT the alpha male. In fact, it's questionable
whether alpha males truly exist in the modern world.
Have your focus in a USEFUL place and don't assume anything.
And don't let some random guy prevent you from enjoying YOUR
LIFE!

1 comment
1. girl (anonymous), Jun 26, 2008 5:43:31 PM #
Being a woman myself i can say that it is usually worth approaching the girl as even if they are "with" a guy. We allwaayys appreciate the attention even if we don't go for you. It usually isn't because we arn't attracted to you and even if we arn't as long as your not a perve, we'll appreciate the attempt. Go for it because you'll only regret not putting yourself out there and what is there to loose?