I may contribute some stories, or concepts I learned from books, or just read and respond when I feel compelled, sometimes strangers see us more clearly.
I'm mid 30's, no interest in kids, no interest in marriage, (unless there's some m's on that offer) don't care much about commitment, or monogamy, have good relationships with lots of women, don't use dating apps, don't drink, and have never had social media. For background, I was in jail as a kid, spent years in jail/halfway houses, got sober at 21, and when I got out all I did was try to get further and further up. Did a lot of work on myself, reading, therapy, losing the bad ego/arrogance. Barely started "dating" as an adult in my mid 20's, closer to 27. I really came up crazy, relative to my life, from picking up trash at a baseball stadium for minimum wage, to being in Cannes on the beach, dropping 1k on dinner. I don't even know how the fukk I did this. I thought I would have been washed by now.
So, I missed all that early 20's partying, and just worked. Further clarity, I live that "life", I'm cautious and low profile, but I do live that life. I've been on since I was a teenager. At the risk of self aggrandizing, looks wise, I get all the compliments, and looks. I attract and am attracted to, meet all kinds, I know strippers, I know lawyers, I know bottle service hosts, I know business women and hair stylists. Been leaning more into the faster and faster types, but that's it's own liability. I don't care about validating myself with sex or numbers, I only want the best of the best experiences.
Someone recently told me, very insightfully, that I have no respect for systems, or structures. That stunned me. He's like you try to go around everything, and I know this about myself, ( we are talking about me, who was heavy in the game at age 17) but not how it applied to romance/dating. I don't lie or mislead people, or even bother with pretending, 'll just throw an offer out like come hit this high end place with me. These like Two Michelin star invites. Nothing attached before or after. And sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, lately, it's been less. I had no idea how conservative and traditional so many people were. Attraction, chemistry, all there, but more and more, it's like they hold back.