What makes any of you think that a "hit" is
a "hit"?
I've been wondering why it is that so many posters on this board are utterly
convinced that sidelong glances from women, the so-called "deer in headlights" look, or an offhand question or
comment, or the like are "hits" due to the use of pheromones.
It seems much more likely to me that these
incidents are no more than random occurrences that happen on a regular basis, albeit at varying moments, with no
connection to the usage of pheromones.
So what exactly is it that convinces any and all of you that these
seemingly innocent actions are "hits"?
Now the more blatant comments and actions, remarks about how good you
smell or directed moves to the site of application, then I can understand the attribution, but why are chattiness at
a particular time or mere looks in your direction attributed to pheromones?
This is something that I would like
to know. Thank you in advance to any and all who respond to this question.
Point well taken, Belgareth.
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Originally Posted by
belgareth
I imagine that more han half the hits reported are imaginary ones. When I first started
using mones I saw hits every time I turned around. It was really more my want to get hits than anything else. Over
time I have learned to watch people very carefully and put other behavoirs together before I call it a
hit.
So, in light of wishful thinking, or whatever you want to call it, how do you personally go about
determining what actions/reactions are associated with pheromones and which are not?
I'm not trying to call you
out or anything, I'd just like to know how you go about recognizing these sorts of things.
Excellent post, Belgareth!
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Originally Posted by
belgareth
To be honest, there is no way I am ever completely certain of a hit. When I first started
getting serious about understanding mones and how they worked for me I kept extensive records of reactions both
while wearing mones and while not. At the time I was doing some things that required me to be around the same groups
of people at roughly the same time of the month, every month for quite a long period of time. There were other
situations where I had a captive audience of people who had never met me before. It gave me a good mental yardstick
to work with.
To be honest with you, I got into mones for two reasons. One was my brand new business and the
other was my marriage that later died a horrible death. In a business respect it worked out great because I am a
computer guy who always gets along with computers better than with most people. Leaving my secure corporate world
and going out to face the public was traumatic for me. I had to do something I'd never done before: Sell! I have
clear documentation that the periods when I wore mones I got significantly different responses than the periods when
I didn't. But, perhaps it was a placebo? I don't know for sure.
On the personal side, it may be a placebo
again. I am now 51 years old and mostly bald but keep my body well toned. Perhaps that's why I get hits from a much
younger crowd when I wear mones? I can't prove it either way. Perhaps it's my attitude when I wear mones that does
it? I don't think I act differently when not wearing mones, when wearing a high -none product or when wearing other
products, but perhaps I do.
While a cheerful person, I am pretty aggressive too. People tend to react
differently to me when I wear mones. As a rule, high -none products tend to encouage either very submissive or
aggressive responses, usually way outside the normal range. AQ, and too a lesser degree Soe and Chikara, tend to
encourage people to invade my personal space, or what I consider my space. Women tend to get more touchy/feely and
trusting. There are a lot more sexual inuendoes made, as well. One of the most notable things is when my male
friends ask why I get so much female attention while they get ignored. Even the few that know I wear mones don't
believe they have anything to do with it.
There is no one single thing that means "HIT" It is a multitude of
things all combined. There's body language, eye contact and many other things that come into it. Mostly it is a
contrast in what I would consider "Normal behavoir"
Did all that rambling help at all?
Did it help?
Yes indeed it did, Belgareth. Thanks! Maybe part of the problem is that I rarely spend time around women other than
my girlfriend. It's just that I haven't noticed any real reactions... I take that back.
I was at a mall a few
days ago, and the girl behind the counter at the store couldn't take her eyes off of me the whole time that I stood
in the checkout line after I had asked her a question a few minutes previously. Maybe that's because I was checking
her out, but it was a bit weird to see her staring at me for a full two or three minutes. I would have followed up
on it and asked her out, but she looked like she was 16-18 or so, too young for me. That, and I was out of town at
the time, so it wouldn't have gone anywhere anyway.
That, and just now, a girl got onto the bus, and rather than
sit next to the woman in the front row, she sat down next to me, though I attribute that more to chance than
anything else, as I was in the back row. Oh, and there were no empty seats available aside from the one next to the
woman, one next to a middle-aged redneck, and the one next to me.
No way she could have picked up on the mones
from the front of the short bus, hence why I tend to think that it's a mere coincidence.
Anyway, I get what you
guys are saying, that extended surveys of people's reactions are necessary to discern hits from random occurrences.
I'm going to keep using mones until my supply runs out at the very least. I wish I weren't so goddamned poor,
otherwise I'd invest in a bottle of SOE or Chikara, or something, and see how those go, but at $50-$60 a bottle,
there's just no way.
Thanks to everyone who replied thus far! I've got to say, it certainly is interesting to
experiment with pheromones!