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ideal_lemon 8y ago
How do you deal with mother issues? Spent my entire life in depression without knowing what was wrong with me, now that i realized it was childhood neglect, how do I deal with it?
How do I stop defaulting to looking for an "innocent mommy" type woman?
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thelegendnumber27 8y ago
I realize this is probably a common question, but as someone who was bullied throughout high school, how do I act confident or 'alpha' once I get to college? Are there any exercises to build confidence or things I can do to build my own self esteem? I'm asking for little things that can be done everyday, like I read on another thread that someone recommended "saying whatever you think" as a way to help build confidence.
[deleted] 8y ago
Speak to strangers. The harder the anxiety kicks in talking to someone, the more value will be gotten. Speaking to two sexy girls who are walking past is harder than speaking to the old man feeding birdies in a park. Speak to anything between 1-5 people you don't know yet every day. No excuses.
Another way of increasing the weight as if you would train in the gym with said exercise is to get more and more into what you think would definitly not be acceptable to say. Actually telling a girl you find her sexy. Oppsite of that telling her how awful that shitty pink handbag looks. Telling someone you talk on them to use them as a talking exercise and actually dont care about them. All the shit you are scared off, force yourself through it. THAT will built confidence.
Fulp_Piction 8y ago
Acting alpha is something that comes naturally when you have values and boundaries and enforce them. You need to find a physical hobby that you enjoy, and get really good at it.
Also check out Jordan Peterson's YouTube about dominance hierarchies. Listen to his biblical series, it is long but definitely worth it. Basically you rise to the top of the dominance hierarchy through competence in the context of the hierarchy. When you're low on the hierarchy you're anxious because everything above you in a potential threat. As you climb you'll become confident because there's less and less threats above you and you'll become a threat to those below you, meaning respect.
TheJedi_Lied 8y ago
Martial arts. Wasn't bullied but after a few years my confidence is subconsciously ingrained and comes through my body language. Helps, at least as far as men go, which sounds like your issue.
I haven't broken through being nervous cold approaching hot girls though. Average ones yeah, but the smoking ones no. So if that's your issue good luck
Eap123RP 8y ago
Any late bloomers/people who lost their virginity late here?
I'm 20 year old university student in the Detroit area. Due the fact that I went to an all boys Catholic School, have Asperger (legit autism), bipolar dad, suffer from social anxiety, speech problems, and a racial minority that has a bad connotation (I'm not a race troll), I have no girls and even friends in general.
I do lift and get the occasional girl checking me out.
I am curious if and how anyone got out of this type void, and any tips?
Edit: I'm half way into 48 laws of power.
setsuna0 8y ago
I lost it at 20. I'm 22 now. I focused more on my hair and such. Then they just started to gravitate towards me. I say don't worry about your shortcomings. We all have them. Try to work on fixable flaws. Whether inner or outer. And really heighten your good points.
jadensmithsson 8y ago
Almost the exact same situation as you. As of now, I'm focusing on myself (lifting, reading, meditation, sleep, diet, etc.) and have found I'm overall happier, more social, etc. Not sure what the next step is but I wouldn't start with 48 Laws of Power. After improving yourself, focus on gaining a friend group. Read No More Mr Nice Guy, The Rational Male, and How To Win Friends And Influence People.
Eap123RP 8y ago
48 laws did help because I am surrounded by malious blue pilled people (I am a computer science major if you catch my drift). Anyways, I read no more Mr. Nice guy last summer. I own a copy of 48 laws, art of seduction, and no more Mr nice guy.
Physically, for the most part, I reached the point where at least some girls will notice something. Obviously I need to improve, but I am at least on that level.
My main problem is mentally. I am afraid to talk to girls because some sorority girl who works at my school's gym ruined it. I quivered when I asked her out. She rejects me and it becomes awkward. I move on and try to avoid her when possible. Months later I meet two frat guys at the gym, for some reason they were impressed by me. One day, the sorority girl is chatting with one of the guys, he noticed me and talks to me. The sorority girl stops smiling. A couple of weeks later, the frat guys keep their distance. I think she had something to do with it.
jadensmithsson 8y ago
A quote that sticks with me is "what would you do if you were in the position you wanna be in?" If your goal is to be some buff alpha dude who fucks different pussy every weekend, envision yourself in that role today and act how you would act. CBT teaches that your thoughts influence your emotions which influence your actions/behavior. If you think a situations awkward, you're going to feel awkward and subsequently act awkward.
Salted_Pretzel 8y ago
Dating has been rocky for me. I never see the girl after the first date. It's getting frustrating. I would take them out, drinks or coffee. Sometimes I'll get the make out and other times I don't. If I go out with a woman, there is a 80% chance that she'll either ghost me or text me that she's not interested. Any ideas? Tips? Not kiss on the first date? I had many dates where it went well, she's enjoying herself and I don't hear from her again. Thanks.
red_matrix 8y ago
A few things I do to get the second date: smile, playfully flirt and tease her, look her in the eyes and end the date after 1 hr max. Don't let it go on for ever if you want to see her again.
Dmva100 8y ago
For the most part in todays SMP, the more options available to women, the likelihood of getting ghosted if you DON'T fuck her on the first meet is nearly an absolute, especially If they were DTF or cheating. I've failed LMR before and the girl bailed from my apartment and I texted her 20 mins later to tell her she forgot her hat at my place and she texted back a few minutes later and was like 'sorry haha I gotta new phone and lost a bunch if numbers ;) who is this? Lol I'm out with my girlfriends right now.'
Reality hit hard that night.
TRP_MushaShugyo 8y ago
Always go for the kiss. Check out Corey Wayne's book and watch his videos as supplements.
Edit- I didn't look at your username. I've given you this advice like three times but I'll leave this response here for others who may have the same question.
Imalostman_ 8y ago
Young college lurker here for a few months. Turned my life around for the better (broke up from a feminist, working hard, learning, lifting, saving, etc.). I have a question for the older and wiser ones here. To get married or not to get married? Some here say never get married, while some say marry under certain conditions. If, in the future, through family, I do find a super dutiful wife who is raised up by a traditional family, is marriage then worth it? Basically, I want to know what I'm losing and gaining in each case.
ahmetsaka 8y ago
losing: Freedom Gaining: Kids
Self-honest 8y ago
Start by answering the question yourself. Be honest. What do you gain by marrying?
CallMeHaseo 8y ago
Nothing but a cookie that has been chewed up and spit back out by 25+ different men... and maybe some mineature yous which are always cute
HumanSockPuppet 8y ago
Wife-material women are not found: they are made.
You must discipline a woman into being worthy of serving you.
redpillschool Admin 8y ago
And once you have, you still don't marry.
Imalostman_ 8y ago
Any readings you suggest on this exactly? Aside from The Rational Male and the Manipulated Man. Something about how to set rigid frame in an LTR or marriage. I imagine myself falling into weakness because I become too kind soon. I've seen my father not giving much shits, but still manages his family well, and mother always tries to please him.
HumanSockPuppet 8y ago
Keep yourself valuable so your bitch fears losing you. Give her instructions and assume she'll follow them. Withdraw attention as punishment. Give attention as a reward.
It's all basic shit.
Blakrov 8y ago
After returning from work abroad with no results in getting laid, tinder/bumble/online dating is the only real option to get laid for me now.
After following thought catalogues tinder guide, I have set up a decent looking profile, and being fairly muscular and 7/10, have been getting some results. A few questions however.
Naturally, I swipe right on everything as not to waste time, but the last few days my swipe to match ratio has been terrible. Is that to be expected, or am I doing something wrong?
Also, I believe my openers regarding something on their profile/bio are fairly witty. However, I haven't seen more/less success with an original opener and simply saying hey:)(despite some bio's expressly stating not to open saying just hey, but, bitches don't know what they want, so ignored) Which works best for you?
At which point, after messaging a girl that has not replied, do I send another? Granted they have the attention span of a goldfish on acid, but if they matched with me, shouldn't they be replying? I don't send more than two as that comes off as needy(abundance mentality)
Finally, after how much comfort/ sexual tension building do I shoot for a number, and, consecutively after that, setting up a date? To be honest, I only want the fucc, so how do I screen effectively for chicks that are DTF? Is there such thing as too much negging?
Sorry for the long list, I haven't been able to find much on tinder game, but have been trying my best to employ all the knowledge I have learned from TRP sidebar. Thanks.
[deleted] 8y ago
Don't swipe all right. Maybe just swipe fat chicks to the left or something you dislike. Though minimize time, like 1 second per picture. From personal experience it seems Tinder (may this always been like this or changed in the recent past) gives you less people to swipe on if you always swipe right. Maybe that could be due to spambots? I don't know. Don't want to answer the other stuff because im actually rather shit at Tinder.
Blakrov 8y ago
Of course, no fat chix, but there is no point wasting time checking out the bio and whatnot, since women have their pick, we don't.
Self-honest 8y ago
I've been opening with a variation of, "Hey ___, why don't you love Despacito??" They usually crack up or challenge me asking who said they didn't! Then just go directly to where we are going to meet for our date and what we will do.
Blakrov 8y ago
Do you just copy paste to each match? How many of them respond to that question?
Self-honest 8y ago
Pretty much. I just make sure I type their name. I would say about 90% respond rate. Every once in a while I get a really feminist answer about the lyrical content of that song. I actually went back and sent it to all the girls who didn't respond to my other openers, dating back a few months, and most of them responded entertainingly as well.
red_matrix 8y ago
In my 20s dating was fun and I had a lot of good times doing it. Lately, (I'm 31 btw) I have had some pretty big strikeouts and I'm not sure I want to keep going on and meeting girls. It can get lonely - I'm not sure what to do next. I ended a pretty big relationship 2 years ago and my life hasn't been the same. I'm over my ex, have had a few fwb's since then but nothing fulfilling. I just feel empty. I basically go to work, go to the gym, come home, sleep and repeat. I golf on the weekends with the guys (my friends are all married btw - so they don't get it). Anyone out there dealing with this? Any recommended solutions?
Self-honest 8y ago
Read The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, it sounds like you might just need to recalibrate your values to solve the emptiness.
red_matrix 8y ago
Thanks, will take a look.
[deleted] 8y ago
Id suggest to really slowly read your own post again. It sounds like you are SEEKING something within a woman. If you put an expectation on any girl you are setting yourself up for failure. If there is a gap, a hole in you... no thing or person will fill that. No person or thing can do that. Find out what the true problem is, then solve it.
red_matrix 8y ago
No no - I mean life in general.
[deleted] 8y ago
I must have misread it then. If you are actually just sticking to your habbits and not getting any joy out of it, then it becomes time to get the joy from something else. Well, either that or reexamine your own reasons. What i mean is:
You can change what you do or you can change what you are
Either you change whatever stops you from being joyful inside of you. Or you change the outside which doesn't fullfill you anymore. Though i will tell you, the second route is one that will repeat itself forever. If you don't mind that, go for any of the two.
CallMeHaseo 8y ago
Any roided out superhumans have any observations on how differently women treat them or how their dating life changed after hopping on the juice?
Fulp_Piction 8y ago
Pook has a post on it in his book. Basically, gain 50 pounds of lean muscle and you transcend tingles.
CallMeHaseo 8y ago
Where can I find this brother? Who is this god "pook" you speak of?
Fulp_Piction 8y ago
Google 'the book of pook'. It's also in redpillbook top of all time AFAIK.
CallMeHaseo 8y ago
Do you know which chapter? I really want to read this ????
Elfclan30 8y ago
Pook fan girl here. The chapter is called "what every skinny guy should know".
CallMeHaseo 8y ago
Thanks cheif just read it good piece of work deff gonna read more.
Fulp_Piction 8y ago
It's a small post just over halfway through if I remember right. You should read the whole thing though, excellent collection of info.
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GoinMonk 8y ago
It's all in the sidebar. Fucking read it.
[deleted] 8y ago
Ever seen "V for Vendetta"? Red Pill is not a group, it is an idea. And it is also the truth. Those who seek said truth, those wo try to understand find a way to communicate with one another and therefore a community comes to life. It is all about the idea, the knowledge behind it - it is not about any certain persons.
wheel_ 8y ago
Any field reports from running game on girls at gay bars?
backtothebeginning11 8y ago
A few years back I would hit up gay nightclubs because the girls have their defences down. During this period I focused on dancefloor game as I'm a good dancer, and I'd quite often get a kiss before they pop the question, by which point they are already attracted to you. The rest was plain sailing.
HumanSockPuppet 8y ago
Try it yourself and report back.
CallMeHaseo 8y ago
Commenting to follow this
1itis2long 8y ago
Should I send my ex gf a happy birthday text?
I have a lot of questions about our breakup. Feel like I need closure but I'm sure I wont get it.
redpillschool Admin 8y ago
Nope.
setsuna0 8y ago
Where does everyone meet women aside bars and clubs?
Fulp_Piction 8y ago
Social Circles. There was a lot of nonsense on here about 'not being friends with girls' when I first started into this. Having a close friend who's a girl opens you up to her friends when she wants to play matchmaker and her gossiping about her friends when they fall out. Just don't regularly give more than you receive like a stupid cunt, it's not rocket science.
Terdmuffin 8y ago
It's not that people say not to have females close to you, it's that you shouldn't expect a friendship with a female to be the same as a friendship with a male.
Fulp_Piction 8y ago
It was said here quite often.
I think the idea was that if you're a newbie then you're probably an orbiter to all your female friends. I made the mistake of taking it absolutely.
setsuna0 8y ago
I'll open up my interactions then. I may have to branch outside my immediate area for a new pool. But this is helpful, thanks.
Fulp_Piction 8y ago
Most of the advice for that is to go get a new hobby. Whenever new people see you their idea of you is a blank slate. I always get on better away from my hometown because everybody has me in a box back there.
red_matrix 8y ago
Outside of OLD, bars I'm not sure anymore. One thing I used to do was go to events: beer garden, wine festival, concert, etc
Long weekend is coming up - check to see what's going on in your area. It helps if you go with a few people, but if you have to go solo then do it.
setsuna0 8y ago
I never been to a bar before but I'm willing to try. Alcohol is prohibited due to my condition so I thought it'd be weird for me to go lol. This weekend is looking very promising. I'm going to get into something positive.
red_matrix 8y ago
You can always order a club soda if you aren't interested in alcohol.
MentORPHEUS Senior Endorsed 8y ago
Online dating. My strategy there is to present a longer, more polarizing profile than average. This yields a small number of highly qualified and interested contacts. My dating funnel has become efficient enough that I sleep with a majority that pass the first date stage.
setsuna0 8y ago
I would like to do this as well. With online dating and irl together you can have a lot of real abundance. What made you go this route? TRP seems really against online dating.
MentORPHEUS Senior Endorsed 8y ago
The short answer is, I am a busy self employed introvert with solitary hobbies, so the throughput of prospects is slow in person. I like the keeping, not the getting.
Online dating has been like shooting fish in a barrel for me, so its a no brainer.
TheReformist94 8y ago
Can someone explain the females need for sexual variety. They seem to have massive notch counts despite science claiming they're less promiscuous,and seem to find monogamous relationships harder. Their actions prove otherwise to what is stated here. If they rele desire commitment,they won't engage in sex when they specifically target NSA sex on holiday knowing there isn't commitment.
I have a hard time believing the CC is a byproduct of pumping and dumping and I even had a mate who enjoyed banging 5men at a time rotating them out when she got bored. I feel women are polygamous in a hypergamic manner
TheJedi_Lied 8y ago
IMO it's available. If sex were as available to men like it is for women we would all fuck a bunch more.
Women fuck for social status too, they're motivated sexually by a variety of different things whereas men seem to be simple.
As far as NSA holiday, women like to fuck.
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Dmva100 8y ago
This is a very tiny gem that everyone needs to see regarding 'when she wants it.' This is why if you keep a bunch of sexual options and remain single, you can get way more sex and not worry about your LTR or whatever because literally everday, there are women doing just that. You need to be the best guy in the room so when she 'wants it' you get the sex.
LazyHandjob 8y ago
What's a good response to the shit test "You amuse me"?
I just walked away, but I feel like there's ground there to pressure flip
redpillschool Admin 8y ago
"I would hope so, I'm billing you hourly."
[deleted] 8y ago
"Are your standards that low?"
If she jumps on it and tries to insult you, it makes her your bitch which dances right after your whistle, since she is accepting the reality you dictate. This is however personal suggestion coming from THEORY. I haven't tried this conter IRL at any point. Take it with a grain of salt, if it makes sense to you... roll with it, it will work.
ACTUALLY, let me add something to it. Something way more important and powerful than the first suggestion. This once again comes from Blueprint Decoded. "The stronger reality always wins. Back in the day i had a friend really coining the quote 'Always have the better answer'. I saw a girl give him the rejection of his life. Like spot on killer rejection. He looked her straight in the eyes and said: 'You are crazy'. Like... his reply WAS NOT EVEN CLOSE to what she just said. But you know what... he passed the test. Not because it was the more witty thing to say, but because HE BELIIEVED it was the better thing to say. You dictate the reality around you. If you are fully convinced you had the better answer, you ACTUALLY HAD THE BETTER ANSWER."
Damulac 8y ago
How to develop discipline starting from zero? Whole life I've been coasting off of my moderate intelligence and lenient parents so when it comes to making myself do something... I just don't do it. I know what has to be done/ what i want to do, yet I never get around to doing it. I get that I'm just a lazy, unmotivated, and undisciplined young adult, but what would you all recommend to someone that has a REALLY hard time not giving in to every urge and male hamstering scenario?
TheJedi_Lied 8y ago
Start slow with each new thing and only pick up one habit every month or two. Motivation can drive discipline but imo discipline takes practice.
Loading up a hundred ways to change yourself will discourage and exhaust you. Go to the gym and do a beginner program 3x a week. There I got you started.
cherryCanSuckMyDick 8y ago
One thing that has been on my mind lately:
How to make a smooth transition from Beta to Alpha without setting off so many 'red' flags to people in your social circle that you get categorized as "that loser that found TRP"? Ironic or not, its a concerning thought, given what we all know about how women hate TRP with a passion.
Some of the changes are fairly ambiguous, like losing a significant amount of weight in a few months, but others are a little harder to explain away. When a year ago I was the bluest beta bob working from the "couldnt work even if a miracle happened" playbook for getting women, the sudden ability to understand a lot of whats going on in a womans head has to look suspicious.
CC_ee 8y ago
Crabs in a bucket man. If you wanna be alpha you can't care about stupid shit like this.
cherryCanSuckMyDick 8y ago
Its not their opinions of me that worry me, its the fallout from a sort of "doxxing".
Batmansluckysocks 8y ago
When do you flip the script between going for heavier kino, a kiss, etc and acting aloof/indifferent/non committal in your conversation
It seems to be possible to be aloof and flirtatious at the same time but I need a little more guidance.
I can hold a conversation well.
Throw7away712 8y ago
How does one go about getting a date?
refusewool 8y ago
He starts with the sidebar
SilverGryphon 8y ago
What's up with the redpillwomen sub? How can such a sub exist when AWALT exists?
VigilantRedRooster 8y ago
RPW mod here.
Any other questions, I'll be glad to help answer them.
RedBigMan 8y ago
Personally I think what sets humans apart from the rest of the animal kingdom is the ability to engage in introspection. Through introspection we are able to recognize our own faults and either avoid situations which would cause us to engage in faults or to overcome them.
Naturally this trait is more developed in men than women but women are capable of introspection too. If you look at redpillwomen sub much of it is focused on ensuring their success in securing an Alpha Male as a husband early on and having kids early and often (when they're most fertile and have the least complications) and building a family.
For a red pill aware woman this is an ideal outcome to have a successful man with a few kids. You really can't fault them for trying to secure the ring because it is in their own best interests to lock that alpha male down as best she can. As red pill aware men though we know marriage 2.0 is a raw deal and that would be off the table but the rest not necessarily depending on the individual man's risk tolerance.
[deleted] 8y ago
The Red Pill: Discussion of sexual strategy in a culture increasingly lacking a positive identity for men.
Woman can also discuss sexual strategy of humans in a culture which lacks a positive identity for men. They simply can't speak of the experience as a men, therefore they have their own sub for women.
SilverGryphon 8y ago
I don't believe that women can ever truly accept the red pill truths.
Here is what a post wall woman said in that sub:
She also says:
Female hamstering in a "red pill" sub for women, go figure
RedBigMan 8y ago
Hamsters gonna hamster...
That said the truth of the matter is that 'The Wall' is entirely based on a woman's looks. If a woman takes good care of herself (which many don't these days like binge drinking, smoking, drugs, etc... ) they can delay the social complications inherent with 'The Wall' by many years. This does not mean the biological complications (like birth defects from advanced age mothers having kids or things like menopause) won't arise around the times they're supposed to.
[deleted] 8y ago
This actually sounds like it would be true. A woman who FUCKING KNOWS FOR ONCE what she wants from a guy would be more attractive than some woman who doesn't - that is more based on personal opinion though.
More objectivly one could simple argue that being confident manifests in body language, how people behave and so on and attraction is not ALL looks.
If this actually refers to physical beauty, saying her body became more beautifull... well than the same thing counts im going to state on the last part of your statement.
Justification so that she can deny reality itself instead of dealing with the hard truth. Becoming less desireable than she was in the past in her young age is probably something similar for guys to accept "that girl they always dreamed of who works exactly like it is portrait in movies, books and whatnot is an illusion and will never exist". The woman is subconciously delusional to avoid facing the truth she fears. She is losing value.
Quality will be shitter, Posters will be shitter BUT the idea of what is to be discussed and analyzed still counts. One thing that also needs to be considered is the amount of Mods there. In the end i agree that it is nothing like 'The Red Pill' and from what i checked out more like a playground with make believe in it, but that doesn't mean there CAN'T actually appear the true spirit of Red Pill in one post or another. So i quess the entire sub has 2 purposes: Keeping the women who need to be 'part of every male space, included in it all' away while they can pretend to be part of The Red Pill and also in an ideal world is there so the very few ACTUAL red pill based ideas can be discussed.
EDIT: Just went for another 10ish posts for examples. Was better than i made it out to be in some regard, then there was quite a stupid amount of fishing for validation.
SilverGryphon 8y ago
Thanks for your reply, it is the best one I got regarding my question on the RPW sub. I guess I have to praise the efforts of some of the women in there to be more inline with the truths of the red pill, even if a few mistakes are made along the way.
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Self-honest 8y ago
Just cut off all communication and contact with him. Don't say anything. Actions speak louder than words. He will get the message. If he values your friendship then he will do what he needs to keep it intact.