If what you said is an accurate representation of the book I'm agreeing
with you that the book is very wrong.

In short it is saying:

If she gives you shit, *reward* her for it!

wtf, that is patently S-T-U-P-I-D!

Likewise you mentioned complimenting her flaws. Silly nonsense, it will
only encourage them and make the grow to be even worse flaws.

For shit tests I believe you should do one of (or a mixture of): cock &
funny, ignoring, changing the subject, freeze-outs, etc...

Depending on whatever is best at the time for that person and that
situation etc...

I finished reading the book The Way of The Superior Man by David Deida
some time ago. I read it because I have seen it warmly recommended in
many places related to pick up, including this newsgroup. To me it is a
strange mix of 10%% interesting ideas and 90%% incoherent babbling. The
part of the book that was most interesting to me, and that got me
thinking the most, is the part about shit tests (they are not actually
called that in the book, of course, but that is what Deida is talking
about). What I want to discuss is the suggested strategy for handling
these shit tests.

There is an example in the book where a guy has worked his ass off at
work, and now it has all worked out and he is a millionaire. He gets
home and tells his wife, to which she responds in a deprecating tone:
"that's nice" and then "you forgot to buy more milk". An obvious shit
test. The book gives a sample bad response: the guy gets annoyed and
tells his woman that he will go "get the damn milk".

The response that Deida suggests is for the guy to pick up his woman,
throw her on the couch and have passionate sex with her. I have to
admit that that is a good response. However, he goes further than...

"dman" mytrashmail.com> wrote in
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Thanks for the review.

So the superior man is basically the sterotypical man in any victorian
era english novel? wtf? Why do people read this crap.

Solution to all shit tests is to *laugh at them.* Remember every cool
kid you knew when you were back in school, and you will see that this
has always been the solution to shit tests. The hard part about shit
tests is knowing when they really are or when the women has an
important issue.

But, you forgot the milk is clearly something to laugh at.

HB : You forgot the milk.
PUA : No i didn't, milk attracts kittens, i am afraid of
kittens. Those beady eyes, those deep claws, *shudder*
and...the.furrrrballlls, LOL

--

The guy who fails at the game is the one who
goes out looking for women to make him
feel good about himself.

"Helix" gmail.com> wrote in news:1168269539.613253.256290
@s34g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Well, there's the shit tests, but he also talks about how women are
primarily emotional based and are constantly looking for a masculine
guidance and support in their life. I'm only about six chapters in, but
that's why I mentioned it. I also haven't read much of "Why Men Don't
Have A Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes" but it seems to be very
similiar. Both discuss a great deal about how women are basically looking
for strong male leads in their life.

"D. Bosola" yahoo.com> wrote in news:1168704903.257271.31440
@s34g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

I'd say sort of. After all, it's trivial, right? And he's talking about a
committed relationship. Some of the rules change, I'd think. Of course,
if you brought home a million dollars... the question would be... why
haven't you fired the maid? That's her job!

Seriously... My take on what he was saying is just that instead of
getting a pissy and whiney about her mentioning not getting the milk...
you treat is as if it's no big deal that you forgot it. Which is calling
her on it.

speeding wrote:

Of course if you react with the super asshole frame, you need to screw
her brains out later, so that the next day she can't cry to her friends
about what an asshole her boyfriend is. She won't be able to walk to
the phone.