Originally Posted by GoCubsGo
K, time to set some things straight.
I am in fact, not crazy. I mean, not crazier than anyone else that has actually has a life. Nobody that I know irl thinks I am crazy, except possibly some uptight, crotchety folks I know, but they'd also say that 75% of white undergraduate students are crazy. According to this very serious and proper sort of person, if you consume more than 2 alcoholic drinks in one sitting, if you talk to strangers for some reason other than to make business transactions, if you don't fall in line and do what you're told, you're crazy. By that definition, I'm crazy. I'd assume by that definition, ccuster (drinks a lot), wsop (talks to random girls), DrPepper (drinks, goes to underage bars), TBob (drugs, sexually lecherous), gg (where to start), Henry (drugs, clubbing, lavish expenses), zz (womanizer) (btw the warmth of social inclusion fills his little heart for the first time in his SL career), vintage (wearing robe to bar, dating younger girl), and yeota (yeotawife conflict) would all fit into that category.
Basically, anyone that knows me in real life and thinks I am crazy would think more than half of this forum is crazy.
I can only assume that this misconception has arisen from:
talks to lots of girls + says non-standard things to girls + overly optimistic forecasts of where things are heading + posting about it = crazy.
All of these are defensible, if the situation is right. Remember how long I held out in the DG situation? I am capable of being reserved, cautious, conservative when the situation calls for it (it was a mistake to bang her, but she did ask for it - wasn't like I just blindly pushed and pushed to bang this girl in my social circle). It makes sense to be confident and overperceive interest if it's some girl that you won't see again. If she thinks your a nob, then you never see her again anyway. It's like if you had an interview, even if it was only going average, it would serve you well to think you were doing very well. You'll have more positive body language, be more confident, be better with your words, leave a better impression, etc. That's far from crazy.
For pretty much any task, I think one will be much more successful if the little voice in his head is encouraging, telling him he's doing well, rather than criticizing and finding fault in everything.
Part of the fun of a TR is to present it in the most subjective way possible; to see it through the experiencer's eyes. There's lots of times where I may, in the moment, think a girl is interested (with strong motivations to think that), but if you paused life and asked me to make a bet, I would say that the odds are against me and would be able to take a much more objective view.
Does that make sense?
Considering typing up a TR report now that was requested by a few people. Rather than leave out lots of interesting details, I think it's best to just PM it. There's a few really key parts to the story that will really detract if left out. PM only with details, or post it itt with major details left out?