<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Chateau Heartiste]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://heartiste.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[CH]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://heartiste.wordpress.com/author/roissy/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Wee Heartiste]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>From an emailer,</p>
<blockquote><p>ok. so i&#8217;m hanging out with my 4 year old son and my girlfriend &#8211; a blonde, 5&#8217;9&#8243; smokeshow. my kid&#8217;s riding lookout on my shoulders as we make our way through an idle, sun-soaked afternoon. after a natural ebb in the conversation, my woman looks up at my boy and says, &#8220;so, if you had to choose between being a fish or a bird for the rest of your life, which would it be?&#8221;</p>
<p>silence, for the length of a drawn breath.</p>
<p>then, my son: &#8220;i&#8217;d like to kiss YOU for the rest of my life.&#8221;</p>
<p>i may never stop smiling.</p></blockquote>
<p>Haha. <a href="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/non-sequitur-game/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Non Sequitur Game</a> meets <a href="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/i-tried-the-apocalypse-opener/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apocalypse Game</a>. The boy&#8217;s technique is a little rough around the edges, but he&#8217;s got the right mindset that will guarantee him a bright future in the poon procurement business. He&#8217;s only four years old, so there&#8217;s plenty of time for honing his seduction skill. To the boy&#8217;s credit, the inner <a href="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/the-aloof-alpha-attitude-explained/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alpha attitude</a> is more important to achieve than the Game techniques which advertise it, and the earlier in life it&#8217;s achieved, the better for the growing boy&#8217;s romantic prospects. It&#8217;s usually a tougher path to go from Technique &#8211;&gt; Attitude (essentially, fake it till you make it) than it is to go from Attitude &#8211;&gt; Technique (mine it then refine it).</p>
<p>Related, I&#8217;ve noticed fathers glow with pride when recounting or observing their sons&#8217; romantic exploits. Nothing makes papas proud quite as much as watching their sons charm the ladies. Only a son&#8217;s victory in sport or accomplishment in business or academia have a similar ego swelling effect on fathers, and for the same reason: success in those things translates to success in the one thing that matters most in the final analysis &#8212; winning the love of hsmv women. Our emailer&#8217;s 4-yr-old budding Casanova is revealing, for now unwittingly, the glories of his future reproductive fitness.</p>
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