Blueprint for an Alpha Widow

Hithard’s recent flushing of his nest drew the unsurprising female indignation response from Rational Reader ‘S’. Hers is the predictable reflex with which women feel the need to associate with themselves when confronted with (even hypothetically) another woman’s behaviors reflecting badly upon the feminine as a whole. In Indignation I touched upon the need for women to create the rise that comes from indignation for themselves, or live it vicariously through the proxies of their friends or media that caters to this need.

However there is still a need for a disconnect from that indignation impulse in order to preserve the feminine ego. It may be satisfying to experience drama via a third party, but not many women can afford to be called out for it.

So when a woman inserts herself into the psychological proxy role of another woman experiencing that indignation first person, the immediate response is one of ego preservation. My drawing attention to this isn’t to burn down S’s feelings about casting herelf into another woman’s role, but rather to observe the more rational process women will use when they’ve got a disconnected God’s-eye view of all the aspects of a relationship between the two parties causing that indignation.

“I would never stick around / go back to a man who dumped me! Here’s what she should do,…”

For all of what makes women primarily emotional creatures, it’s interesting to see how rational a response they can muster to a vicarious source of indignation. And in predictable feminine fashion S makes that third party indignation about herself (here’s what she / I would do). From Point, Counterpoint:

Women on the other hand almost exclusively rely upon personal experience and anecdotal evidence to form a premise; only using extrinsic information to support their personal interpretations when the source agrees with that premise. The innate solipsism of women promotes a self-centric primary position as the beginning of forming a premise and then progresses to extrinsic sources for ancillary support.

What S fails to account for, and what Hithard elaborates on in his final comment is that, with the first person emotional investment, women will routinely return to a former lover if his Alpha impact was sufficient enough. Even when a woman cannot physically return to that Alpha defined relationship, she will return emotionally.

What Hit hard describes is the blueprint for creating an Alpha Widow:

@ S
“Well that’s good for those women but I’m serious. Why would anyone want to hang around someone who does not want them?”

That’s a valid enough question for me to give an answer on before I go. I do feel it is a topic that can benefit us all.

For women it all depends on how strong the emotional connection is to a man and if you are filling her needs.
Let’s focus on the emotional connection though as it has the strongest pull factor, and hopefully I can give you some form of idea through a post. Which is difficult when challenging a held belief

Now for arguments sake let’s say you and I (hey try to visualize I am your perfect match) S go through the usual process and begin a relationship.

Things start off strongly. There is both a physical and emotional attraction, but more than that… When we are together there is an element of excitement that sets your heart fluttering. The feeling that I overwhelm your senses, where you feel safe to begin investing in me, both emotionally and physically. With each passing day you feel a stronger and stronger connection that warms your core. Where mind body and soul feel as though they are full of the pure essence of being. You are happy to be led in this passionate embrace. Your needs are satisfied, your spirit fulfilled. YOU ARE HAPPY!!

“Wait, what you’re breaking up with me?”

“What do you mean you want to break it off, no I don’t understand?”

“How is this for the better?”

And this is where the residual emotional attachment comes into play.
Developing an emotional attachment with a woman is a bit like hooking someone on drugs when it’s done right. It is very hard to maintain past a certain timeframe though in a relationship. And there can be numerous other mishaps, with this post only touching the surface.

Now first thought is usually ‘a$$hole’ and anger.
But that passes as the innate need for contact develops. The feeling of just being close to that person even if only briefly, gives them that fix that they crave.

Now I can drip feed your emotional needs to position you to where I want you to be. If I have anchored the emotions right, then you will feel as if no one can love you like I do. Or no one touches you or makes love to you with the passion that I do. Each stage through the escalation I have to ensure I am leading, directing and in touch with where I want to be. The end result I am looking for is your emotions screaming out to be fed in my absence. The reason you run back and fuck me is because it feels as if my intimacy is feeding your soul. The reason you try to please me is to grasp at the high I can deliver

You’re probably thinking:

“I’m not that stupid”

But most people can think back to moments in their life where the heart ruled the head. Hypotheticals are always a mother foucker. The most I can say is this is a high percentage occurrence.
Guys do this as well and God knows there are forum boards full of guys wanting to run back and get stomped on again. Guys tend to get hooked from their feelings being taken high, low, high, low etc over time. Women more from an intense high to a low over a shorter time frame.

Just reading something about a situation can be very hard to identify with because it reads like a no brainer. But if a lot of people wrote down the dumb things they do in love they would simply cringe and think;

‘Was I really that stupid?’

So bear that in mind when challenged with what may feel is an inconceivable notion. Emotions can blind you.

And you are right – why would a sensible person stay. The saving grace for a fool in love is time. Time to wake from his/her stupor.And generally people eventually wake up

I suppose I treat relationships a bit like bubble gum from time to time. I mean it’s great when it has flavour but over time it gets bland and tasteless and I have enough of it and throw it away. The last thing I want to do is go find it and pop it back in my mouth again for another go.

The above was just an over the top example to try and answer the question. Not something you should try and do, some kind of relationship advice, or something I go out of my way to do. Generally you only need a bare minimum of emotional attachment and play it from there. Each step can be expanded on massively and you will have to forgive my syntax, rambling and bad grammar.

Big thankyou to Rollo who has been a great mentor over the years. Someone who has my greatest respect.

Just learnt of the passing of Jophil, a great loss to the community and one that has saved many a broken man. I regret not letting him know the positive influence he had on my life.

Later all and best wishes

I’ll come to you like an affliction, but I’ll leave you like an addiction, you’ll never forget me, you wanna know why?,…

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S
S
11 years ago

I think this is the third post this month where I have been mentioned. Hey, I’ve always wanted to be a muse…

Just kidding, nice post but still stand by what I said.

S
S
11 years ago

*I mean in the space of a month…

GeishaKate
GeishaKate
11 years ago

What we say we will do in a given situation may or may not have any correlation to what would happen if we were in that situation. The only thing we have any claim on is the past: what we’ve actually done.

S
S
11 years ago

I think at this stage..if I did get into the situation I’d be too stubborn not to do anything else than what I have asserted here I’d do. 🙂

Dean
Dean
11 years ago

I don’t disagree with this but there is an important point that this overlooks; a person’s ability to introspect. What Rollo constantly does is stress the ev-psych, bio-chemical factors at play. But like a true determinist, he ignores volition. If our culture trained the young to delay gratification and constantly consider the CONSEQUENCES of our actions, the alpha widow phenomenon would not be nearly as predominant. But this blog does not focus on the philosophical influences on our culture; namely the Progressive movement and Post-Modern philosophy and of course the LEFT. No, this blog is mired in biologic determinism. Rollo… Read more »

Acksiom
Acksiom
11 years ago

Note to self: add “personal pronoun usage tracker” to list of open-source blogcomment plugins to be funded.

1st-person used 10 times in just three posts over just 5 sentences, with a 1st-to-2nd+3rd ratio so-far infinite for this thread, at 10:0.

Note to S: this is not about you, or about getting you to change your position.

Rollo Tomassi
11 years ago

Once again, evo-psych, the biological influence of our in-born instincts, the nature in nature vs. nurture, is NOT deterministic – it is probablistic.

S
S
11 years ago

@ Acksion,

Duh.

Peace out.

King A (Matthew King)
11 years ago

S wrote: I think this is the third post this month where I have been mentioned. Hey, I’ve always wanted to be a muse… Just kidding, nice post but still stand by what I said. Are you tingling yet? I encourage you to keep commenting because you are a very good example of feminist-decadent presumption that is impervious to the brand of logic regularly presented at The Rational Male. Like a woman, you luxuriated in the attention of getting talked about (“I think this is the third post this month…”!) without even pretending to engage the substance of that talk.… Read more »

S
S
11 years ago

“Like a woman, you luxuriated in the attention of getting talked about (“I think this is the third post this month…”!) without even pretending to engage the substance of that talk.”..

Matt,

I was just trying to be humourous. I can’t believe that you would actually interpret that literally. Attention over the interwebs..hurray!!! Get real.

🙂

(Acksiom- there’s two more to add to your tally).

no
no
11 years ago

King A, start a blog. Even just a place to archive your comments elsewhere. Also, any book recommendations?

Good Luck Chuck
Good Luck Chuck
11 years ago

Dopamine is a helluva drug….

peoplegrowing
11 years ago

I don’t disagree with this but there is an important point that this overlooks; a person’s ability to introspect. What Rollo constantly does is stress the ev-psych, bio-chemical factors at play. But like a true determinist, he ignores volition. If our culture trained the young to delay gratification and constantly consider the CONSEQUENCES of our actions, the alpha widow phenomenon would not be nearly as predominant. But this blog does not focus on the philosophical influences on our culture; namely the Progressive movement and Post-Modern philosophy and of course the LEFT. No, this blog is mired in biologic determinism. Rollo… Read more »

feral1404
feral1404
11 years ago

“I have seen many blogs devoted to the excesses of the political and societal trends which got us to this point. I have yet to see another which gets at the theory, the evo-psych elements of how and why game works. WHAT works is also well documented, but still not why.” Hear hear. In addition, I’d personally like the community aside from Rollo to start charting – even theoretically – how to manage (if not wholeheartedly reverse) the damage done by the feminine imperative… or to argue if it is even in our collective best interest to try. Otherwise (and… Read more »

AD
AD
11 years ago

“The tears she sheds are remarkably sadder and more complicated because she’s crying for Brown, too: he was painted as “a monster,” she explains to Oprah, and everyone just “blamed him” for the incident.”

http://jezebel.com/5935268/rihanna-tearfully-tells-oprah-chris-brown-needs-help

peoplegrowing
11 years ago

In addition, I’d personally like the community aside from Rollo to start charting – even theoretically – how to manage (if not wholeheartedly reverse) the damage done by the feminine imperative… or to argue if it is even in our collective best interest to try. In theory, I would EXPECT that to come from Spearhead. And the actual contributors to Spearhead have edged around that topic, and Futurist came up with the URLs @ Urinals campaign, but I haven’t seen anyone go further. Most of the comments that I’ve seen there (Spearhead) sounded like they either felt society was too… Read more »

furiousferret
furiousferret
11 years ago

My question is, is an alpha widow simply damaged goods? Is the only cure for an alpha widow then to have a suitable alpha replacement?

Seems like any beta men that come after this phase are just in for pure trouble.

kellytaddea
11 years ago

Seduction is not love, it is just using someone for entertainment by
exploiting their vulnerabilities.

It is the misuse of personal powers in the pursuit of the superficial
that always has to it an element of fear.

furiousferret
furiousferret
11 years ago

I agree with seduction is not love. But it’s the women that want to be seduced. They are not stupid. They know the score. They are willing participants in the whole process. In fact, the seduction is their interview process. If a guy isn’t able to seduce her then he’s not worthy of her. You made your own bed.

peoplegrowing
11 years ago

If women didn’t want to be seduced, why do they go in droves to bars in skimpy outfits? They ain’t lookin’ for a soul mate. I find it interesting that many women (especially feminists) seem to believe that women can have sexual agency right up until the point it’s not convenient. Going out at night to get laid is a demonstration of a woman’s agency and grrrrl power! But the next morning when they wake up drunk and realize they slept with a guy who is no kind of ten, suddenly they were realize how they were “taken advantage of”… Read more »

BlackCat
BlackCat
11 years ago

My question is, is an alpha widow simply damaged goods? Yes. Unless you are can raise the bar high enough that her ‘tingle standard’ resets to you, then the five minutes of alpha in her past will always remain the heaviest imprint on her psyche. Even if she marries and remains faithful until death do you part, she will always remember the one(s) who made her tingle the most. Is the only cure for an alpha widow then to have a suitable alpha replacement? Probably yes. There are stories of alpha widows who ‘reformed,’ married, had kids, and stayed married… Read more »

Emma the Emo
Emma the Emo
11 years ago

Hithard’s comment was great, explained everything.
As for S, there is one thing I’m curious about – why identify with the nagger who got dumped at all? If I understand correctly, nagging is more than just an occasional valid criticism, it’s more of a chronic nitpicking that strains the man’s nerves and could have been avoided without anything bad happening. (Either that, or it’s a sign you and the man are incompatible and you might as well part ways peacefully, since he won’t change and you won’t accept his behavior.). Why be upset on behalf of a nagger?

Wilson
Wilson
11 years ago

peoplegrowing, women don’t recognize men’s rights as an issue at all, while most men are sympathetic to feminism and many even identify with it. Feminism is therefore dominant, and the whole point of the “patriarchy” Big Lie is to justify any kind of mistreatment or marginalization of men to give women a punitive and compensatory advantage over the male “oppressors”. “Small steps” won’t overcome this tyranny of the majority any more than small steps would have gotten Japanese Americans out of internment caps during WWII. It’s every man for himself for the foreseeable future.

Simon Corso
Simon Corso
11 years ago

Kelly, “Seduction is not love, it is just using someone for entertainment by exploiting their vulnerabilities. It is the misuse of personal powers in the pursuit of the superficial that always has to it an element of fear.” That is truly a profound insight to the way women view seduction . Did you write that ? As FF said, women made that bed. Men are the ones who have to learn to play in it. If the exploitation of vulnerabilities and fear didn’t work, we wouldn’t do it. Do not expect us to bear any guilt for meeting the criteria… Read more »

peoplegrowing
11 years ago

peoplegrowing, women don’t recognize men’s rights as an issue at all, while most men are sympathetic to feminism and many even identify with it. Feminism is therefore dominant, and the whole point of the “patriarchy” Big Lie is to justify any kind of mistreatment or marginalization of men to give women a punitive and compensatory advantage over the male “oppressors”. In fairness, neither did men (or most women, in fact) recognize women’s rights as an issue when the feminist movement began. Unmasking Feminism (http://unmaskingfeminism.wordpress.com/) does a great job showing the origins of feminism as much more extreme than is widely… Read more »

peoplegrowing
11 years ago

I would also like to add that I don’t think most women are even aware that there is an issue with Men’s Rights. Blame it on solipsism if you want (that’s certainly part of it, I don’t deny) but there’s also the element that Feminists have controlled the conversation so far. No one considers men’s rights because we’ve all had women’s rights discussed so much, that, well, that must be the issue, right? Instead of letting them control the frame, YOU take control of the frame. Women are fickle enough; it’s easy to play on their sympathies, and more and… Read more »

GeishaKate
GeishaKate
11 years ago

I agree with you, peoplegrowing. I wrote an article here about a case I think the manosphere should get behind.

http://eradica.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/manosphere-on-fire/

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Cheater?
Cheater?
11 years ago

Oh yeah, I’ve been there after a break up where I knew I wasn’t wanted but still wanted to run back. Its natural and you get over that within 2 months. If you meet a really hot guy you’ll get over it in 2 weeks.

😉

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