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Is It Possible To Change Who You Are To Get More Girls?

 
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This was a question I asked myself last year. Not that I’ve never had a girlfriend but I do tend to get the girls that I “kind of” like, rather than the ones I find gorgeous, intelligent, and super fun to be with. I always manage to find people who are 1 or 2 out of three. For this reason I decided I need to sort this out.

Now the article title was difficult to choose, because I wanted it to grab attention, but not to sound sleazy or dishonest and put people off the great “deceptor”. But something that people tend to be worried about is that if they put on a “show” to get the girl they want, how will they be able to keep up the charade? Well I think that it’s unnecessary. People say the usual, “be true to yourself,” or, “Just be yourself, if she doesn’t like that then she isn’t ‘the one for you’.” Both philosophies I do NOT agree with.

When you go to a job interview, are you yourself? No.

When you meet the parents of the woman you want to marry, are you yourself? No again.

You’re your best self, you’re you with the best bits magnified and the bad suppressed. I think you should apply the same mindset when you go for the girl you want.

When I left secondary school in 2004, or 11th grade I think it is in the US (16yrs basically), I wasn’t the most talkative, or the most socially confident person in the college. On the other hand, I was a Navy cadet and was relatively confident there. This really does change you at the core, but the image I had already built for myself in school meant I couldn’t all of a sudden act in this new way. Other people’s image of me didn’t match this change in me.

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So the new start at 6th form/high school. Meant I could externalize this change to school life too. The question I asked myself was, “am I being fake?” The conclusion I reached was no. I’m still me, just a different me, and if this me was going to be more successful with people, and in particular with girls. That was fine. Also I found that the more I put that side of me forwards, the more natural it became to me, and the more it became the default me. And this default me has many more friends, is more sociable and communicates with people better. I’m now more likable and know when the put forward, or to hold back my geek side.

I’m studying Computer Science, but am also president of the gymnastics club. Not because I’m the best at the sport, because people wanted to vote for me. For a change I actually have girls to choose from. Not implying that I’m a super popular womanizing machine, but it’s a change from the one that would come along every few months.

I have changed; I’d like to think for the better. I’m sure you’ve all heard, ‘You can change how people see you but not who you are...’ Do you believe that? Because if people couldn’t change, why do you stop liking the power rangers? Why do you like different things as you get older? Why do they let criminals out of jail? Because people can change at the core. And it’s not dishonest, or fake to do so, it's human. That’s what makes humans survive. The ability to adapt. The ability to change.

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The-Nash I liked this a lot. Sometimes change is necessary for the bigger picture of a person to evolve from the person they were, into the person they desire to be. - 2 months ago
thegodfather Well written. - 2 months ago
VirtuesQuest Makes me think of the movie "Legally Blonde"
You have inspired me to write. - 2 months ago
NMMan Change, adaptation, self-improvement - they are all positive qualities, and they are essential to making social/dating progress, especially for those who may have gotten a slower start in this area of life. I admire the fact that you stated the difference between putting the best of your personality forward and being fake - because there IS a difference. There's nothing wrong with showing the best of your personality when with a woman, and that's what will often get a great guy to date #2. - 2 months ago
kina2k Thanks for the comments, MASSIVE smile :D - 2 months ago
donche Yeah, it's not fake if it's something you want for yourself. In other words, you want to be more social, so you put yourself out there and force yourself to start being more social. Does that mean you are not "being yourself?" No. It may seem awkward at first, but any new thing is going to be awkward. I agree with you 100%. You can change who you are, but only if it's you who is driving that change. - 2 months ago
obscene I thought I already commented on this, but I don't see a comment written by me
strange...

anyway, cool article - 2 months ago
Virtuales Deep - 2 months ago
Nekuya If you're not completely honest about who you are, then your basically lying to everyone, especially yourself. You must have real confidence problems if you make up an alter-ego and completely replace it with the mind you've had since you could learn to speak. - A month ago
kina2k You really haven't read the article...
What makes a person? The way they act? If so, I'm who ever I act as? That means Christopher Reeve was "Superman".
If I act in a way, then its me that decided to act in that way, so they person you're seeing is me...
If you can honestly say you don't adapt how you behave to the situation, than you really are socially inept. - A month ago
ArtistBboy BAM! This article hits a key point in my discussion. Thank you for the great read, and thank you again for writing such an amazing article, taking on one of the most difficult to explain perspectives.

Best regards,
ArtistBBoy - A month ago
Kurious Thanks for taking the time to write this, it's a good read, appreciated. - A month ago
diegolive The world change every time, and if you can't follow, you'll stay back to all.
thanks for the write! - A month ago
Jonny_ I entirely relate to this, had the same issue, I was a a total geek, had bowl haircut and glasses thing going on, changed my image to a more popular style and even though this sounds like a geeky way to go about it, I learnt everything I could, random things, current affairs, and specific subjects as a way to connect to someone, they would say they like such and such... and I would be abe to talk about it, this did oddly work lol Studying maths and physics didn't help me much I guess :P - 17 days ago
kevlar That's some sh*t right there. I like it. I often pondered the same concept, but could not answer the question as precisely as you have shown us. Thank you. - 16 days ago
ShawnMHeide Yes, I've changed myself because I wanted to feel better about myself, change isn't always bad, I used to weigh 190 pounds, I weigh 155 now and I dress and wear my hair differently, change isn't always bad - 16 days ago
rainydaydreamaway Well said! Changing is one of the hardest things to do sometimes, but we have the capacity to do it and the need to do it. When we explore and strive towards what we CAN become, we are learning, growing, improving and finally really being true to ourselves.

@ Nekuya - I agree about being true to oneself, but I think maybe you didn't get the point being made in this case. Striving to become the person you want to be IS being true to yourself. We're designed to grow, learn and evolve! - 4 days ago
 
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