I don’t enjoy paying for things I can get for free. Dating, buying drinks here and there, its a cost of socializing. Plus being social has benefits even if ther is no sex, but sex comes along with dating/having a GF. Or at least it should.
CVM, the ladder theory is the best, mainly because its pretty much completely true. Ladder theory FTW.
Nana, baby, it’s all about the catch. I think the bros in this forum (FT, ramos, ect) all agreed on this.
On a different note, you pay for women one way or another. It may not be as direct as cash, but it could be a dinner, drinks, or even (imo) the most important payment, your time and attention.
However, as a metaphor for seducing a woman, I have to agree that seduction is at least half of the fun. To me, buying a woman outright (i.e. world’s oldest profession-type stuff) just removes all the mystery and satisfaction.
It’s also one of the things that makes the physical sides of a relationship challenging at times. Once you’ve been together long enough, it no longer really feels like seduction is happening, on either side, and although we may still like and respect the woman (perhaps even more than at the beginning), the mystery of seduction and “the game” vanishes. It’s not necessarily a fatal loss to a relationship, but it is still a very real and consequential one.
I don’t know if women feel this or maybe it’s just not as important to them, on average, or maybe they just percieve it differently: men perceive it as the loss of the mystery of seduction, women perceive it as “he stopped trying.” Those may be two sides of the same coin.