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So, if never in my entire life has a girl ever shown any romantic interest in me does that mean that the gods just never intended for me to become a boyfriend? Ultimately, a man can only be the best version of himself and be presentable but whether a woman is interested in him is out of his control.
Did I get that right?

>> No.18092369

Not entirely. You could keep kidnapping girls until you find one that develops Stockholm syndrome (about a 5% chance).

>> No.18092382

>>18092344
>romantic
>boyfriend
Pretty sure extramarital relations are banned in pretty much all religions.

>> No.18092387

>>18092369
That's immoral and not virtuous at all. You should strive for greater good within your community and not destroy it by violating social contracts.

>> No.18093103

My brother used to be like you. He was very mad that girls didn't like him and blamed it on his car. He just raped but now is in jail.

>> No.18093301

>>18092344
You understand Stoicism correctly as it applies to this case. But your concept of what you are is in order. You do not "Become a boyfriend." That would be letting the outside world and it's conditions or arrangements determine what you are. Do you think having your definition of yourself be molded by external conditions is Stoic?

You ARE a man. You do not need anything else to shape your self concept, your title, your name. You are the shaper of the world around you. Do you have a working cock? Arms and legs that function? Enough brains to read this message? Than hear this now. Nature or the gods or pure chance have given YOU the tools to to shape and form and define and title the world around you. You do not "become a boyfriend". You are a man with a working cock, a genetic seed, and the will to see your body fulfill it's purpose. Your feet take you where you decide. Your hands will shape the world around you and you will guide others into what you want them to be. You make a girl into your girlfriend by what means and tools you have, charm, prestige, protection, comfort, compassion, empathy, humor. You make that girl into a woman by making her your wife. You use your courage and pride to make a family, to raise and protect them. You constantly reshape the world around them in their favor so that your son can learn this skill and be a man and do the same.

You don't get made into a boyfriend, or a husband, or made into a man. You make yourself, and mold everything else to be as you need it. That's what being a man is. Women are the ones sitting and waiting to be swept off thier feet. Don't be like them. To women you are a God. You are a man. Don't forget that.

>> No.18093309

>>18092344
If the best version of yourself also benefits them in certain ways, they will show romantic interest in you.

>> No.18093676
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18093676

>>18093301
>To women you are a God
HAHAHAHAHA

>> No.18093890

>>18093676
You vastly underestimate how much of that "Ew" response is due to her own feeling of inferiority.

>> No.18094848
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>>18092344
Best book on Stoicism out there. It is a practical life philosophy, not armchair.

>> No.18094896

>>18093890
Regardless, you won't be having sex with her.

>> No.18095451

>>18094896
That just means you are aiming higher than you can reach. Work on your self and find a new target. It isn't mysterious. There is a hole for every peg.

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18095696

OH NO NO NO NO

>> No.18095886

>>18092344
Are you retarded? You are a man, you are the one supposed to go up there and talk to them.

>> No.18095911

>>18095696
Kek

>> No.18096061

>>18093103
Did your brother rape you?

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>>18095911
>>18095696

>not actual Stoicism, but a misrepresentation of what Stoicism is. See >>18094848

Marcus Aurelius saw the barbarians attacking and sought out to kill as many as he could. Look up Stoic semi-determinism. The Jews tried to Cuck Stoicism, read real Stoic philosophy not the Globohomo that's put out today by: Massimo Pelucci, Donald Robertson, Ryan Holiday ad nauseum.

Epictetus, Seneca, Cicero's Paradoxes of Stoicism, and Kevin Malone's "Manual for the Practical Stoic"

>> No.18096372

you can't even choose which philosophy you will adhere to in life, it's beyond your control.

>> No.18097150

>>18092344
>So, if never in my entire life has a girl ever shown any romantic interest in me does that mean that the gods just never intended for me to become a boyfriend? Ultimately, a man can only be the best version of himself and be presentable but whether a woman is interested in him is out of his control.
>Did I get that right?
When an incel tries to understand stoicism

>> No.18098298

>>18096351
holy shit kevin malone, fine i bought it.

>> No.18098500

Stoicism is being drug through the mud by people trying to revive it and apply it to shit-lib politics. Very sad. Don't let people translate it for you.

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>>18093301

>> No.18099420

>>18098298
Who knew the guy from the office wrote books?
haha

>> No.18099432

>>18092387
>That's immoral and not virtuous at all.
According to whom?

>> No.18100649

>>18092344
>So, if never in my entire life has a girl ever shown any romantic interest in me does that mean that the gods just never intended for me to become a boyfriend?
No, that's a cope you came up with. Better yourself.