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Personality – The Third Pillar of Attraction (Part 2 – Psychological Attraction)

PART 2: PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTRACTION As we discussed in Part 1, pheromones and intelligence lay the ground work for Chemistry to occur. But it is psychology itself that brings two people together, and that is what we will explore now. Our minds are wired in distinct ways, and that wiring determines whether we are drawn to

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Personality – The Third Pillar of Attraction (Part 1 – Pheromones + Intelligence)

PART ONE: PHEROMONES AND INTELLIGENCE Previously in our Three Pillars of Attraction series we capped off the Second Pillar of Attraction, Persona. Now we’re going to finally finish it by tackling Personality. The first thing to understand about Personality is that it is fundamentally different from the other two pillars of attraction. It operates in

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What’s Behind The Beta

People talk about Alpha and Beta a lot as ways to indicate a woman’s sexual responsiveness to a man. Generally this is shorthand for the “lover-provider” paradigm — the Alphas of course being the lovers, the Betas the providers. This is a useful heuristic in many ways (and a great rhetorical tool, especially if you’re

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The Ultimate Date Idea

My sister just sent her youngest off to school today. It’s her kid’s first day of first grade… and my sister’s first day of not having any children running around the house. You’d think she’d be happy, FINALLY some freedom. The reality? Acute depression. She loves babies, and was very attached to her last child.

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Does Age Matter?

Today I got a question from a reporter curious about my perspective on men dating women the same age as them. She was specifically asking me what the benefits are — and believe it or not they do exist — but I’m not one to gloss over context. Here’s the bulk of what I sent

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