As you’re navigating an interpersonal situation, you’re inevitably going to have an emotional response to whatever is happening.

Ex. you find out she’s a former sugar baby. You immediately want to lose it on her for not disclosing this part of her history.

If you lose it on her, she’s going to clam up, start lying to cover her tracks, and withhold as much information as possible.

If you recognize the emotion, and acknowledge it without reacting, you can maintain frame and maintain control of the situation. By maintaining frame, you can continue a line of playful questioning and extract more information from the conversation, while steering towards your ideal outcome.

Obviously in the example used you would end the conversation and ghost her before getting to far, but the take away is that emotional regulation and self control can help you learn more where you otherwise wouldn’t.

Keep lifting. AWALT over everything.