>learning to cook soley so girls see me less of a manchild

Anything self-development you do for the sole purpose of pleasing other people is bad. Change not for others but for yourself. You deserve better, not other people.

Bad reason, good action
You become less of a man child regardless ^^

No but it's not exactly good either. I'm sure women will respect you more if you do things for yourself and be your own man instead of doing things just to please them.

>>18694320
Yes and no. Learning to cook well is great, but doing it for women is stupid. Doing it to better yourself, not for women.

Most women can't cook for shit these days, and they damn sure don't care if you can as far as initial attraction goes. Your cooking skills don't matter until after a few months into a relationship. It won't get you a girl, it will just help you keep one. But, honestly, you only need to know a few recipes and how to execute them well. You want to impress her, but you do NOT want to become the cook of the couple, as the woman should do that work.

>>18694327
>>18694331
This

Change because of women is bad.
Women will never see you as good enough

Change for yourself
Be the best person you can be

>>18694337
>>18694327
>Do it to better yourself
But I am doing it to better myself, and so I can get a girlfriend.

Anything that motivates you to grow is good. Use it.

>>18694384

To put it as simple as possible it's about inputs and outputs

Concern yourself only with the input of your life (what you do to self-improve, become a more well-rounded person, gain confidence and become more attractive). The output will happen as a result of your focus on the input rather than the output.

Another good reason to think like this is when you eventually get a girl, it's not "fuck, this is exactly what I wanted, don't fuck this up...fuuuuuck" it's more like "wow this is awesome, the work i put in has gotten me to this point and prepared me for it".

>>18694384
>>18694327
Gonna be honest this is the truth.

I never had any luck with tinder at first because I was obssessed with getting a girlfriend.
Eventually when I was happier and more comfortable it was just me bored chatting to people.
Eventually worked out with someone.

BUUUUUT

You should learn cooking to appear more mature, its not wrong to better yourself to be impressive to others. Its just that don't focus entirely on that.
I got fit because I wanted to get into running and to make myself more attractive.
I learned to cook so I could make myself better meals, side benefit is you can feed your friends.

>>18694320
nope. being an adult is good.

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>>18694320
I learned to cook when I was very young.

I cook homely and filling meals when I am /out/ I always carry a small pouch of ingredients as I carry essential things like a first aid Kit.

I was on a small tv competition once back in the early 2010s and had competitive placings in the seafood category.

Never had a gf, khv. 28y.o

Do it for yourself my dude. You can draw confidence on your self reliance, especially as a man. As I have, I can go on a week long hike along the coast and never go hungry because I know how to fish, get ingredients from the land and eat like a king.

You'll love it anon, it will spur you on to read more and travel to pursue different tastes. You can really get it to an art. Dont waste it to impress someone. Do it for yourself to live a higher quality of life.

>>18695098
Why do you have to make everything about yourself?

>>18695119
Eh