Not sure why blockhead me took so long to put 2 and 2 together, but I've started looking at things from a biological point of view rather than just an RP point of view. And it clicks.

I noticed that every breakup, every broken plate, every argument, and even rejections happened with girls who were in their luteal phase. That also explains a lot of the hot and cold behaviors from the regulars.

Which leads me to think...

There's no point bothering with women in their luteal phase. It’s a sign of infertility and seems designed to drive fertile (aka horny) men away. That’s when women are looking for emotional support and resources. It’s the phase most men deal with, and the entire beta world architecture is structured around pandering to women in this phase.

By induction, red-blooded men should focus on women in their follicular phase or ovulating. When they’re in this phase, sex is enthusiastic, sex is cheap/free, she initiates it, they’re open to your advances, more flirty, and generally more pleasant to be around. They’re signaling fertility and putting out signals to attract cock. That’s when you tone your alpha game and push the envelope.

Women don’t make it obvious when they’re in estrus. They want you to "just get it" (and I just got it!).

The reason for that is if men figured it out, they’d also figure out there’s absolutely no point in dating, courting, gifts, providing, or other token means by which the beta strives to "earn" the affections of his target. He'd just have to be sexy and ping her when she's horny.

The entire support structure built around women would just collapse.