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Montreal--

Good questions all.

She started dropping what I recognized as jargon on the second date. She asked if I'd like to go on our third, and penultimate, date. On the fourth and last, she was really focusing on it.

I'd have a difficult time saying her sole purpose was to recruit me--it didn't come up until she referenced it in passing and I mentioned I had heard of it (typical understatement for me). Possible, of course, but I didn't think so. And it was quite the reverse--I wouldn't continue to date her unless she dropped it--I told her I was very happy it was such a good experience for her, but that I "chose" not to--using the word "chose" deliberately based on input from folks very early in the thread.

Although some of her conversation, in hindsight, was quite Landmarkian, I have to say the vast majority of it was not. She struck me as being on the edge of commitment to Landmark--she'd done the Forum but nothing else. And I have to admit as soon as I hear "Landmark" I am, for all practical purposes, done.

As far as anything standing out, one thing does--as soon as both "Landmark" women I've dated have touched on it, they change noticeably--the first woman, and the inspiration of this thread, less so because she was thoroughly indoctrinated. The second woman became more insistent and focused--much less able to change conversation topics, for example, where previously she was able to just roll with the conversation. The biggest thing I notice is that Landmark folks, IMO, have a severely limited range of humor and intellectual capacity when discussing Landmark. As an almost lawyer, I find that effect fascinating--it is VERY similar to defendant's, civil or criminal, who insist they did nothing wrong.

Hope that covers it!

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All--

I'd be grateful for some thoughts on whether it is possible to date someone who has been to both the forum and the advanced course.

Background: I've recently "met" (virtually) someone who I'm interested in dating. Having read a variety of materials both on this forum and on Rick's site, I'd like to be cautious but not paranoid. I've never been to any LEC events and have no interest in them. Obviously if she starts the "you've gotta GO to REALLY understand..." thing, I'll advance in a different direction, as the infantry puts it...

I've graduated from a variety of some of the hardest Army schools that exist (Ranger school, SFAS, sniper, airborne, air assault, etc., not to mention the first Gulf war), some of which sound rather like a cross between LGAT and highly persuasive sales techniques. I'm also a law student and have an embarrassingly high iq score and have, I think, a very sensitive bs detector. Finally, I've got a degree in philosophy and LOL at what they pass off as 'philosophy.' So I'm reasonably confident I'll see something coming in a one-on-one setting.

I suppose my bottom line question is this: is forewarned really forearmed in a one on one setting? I'd appreciate your thoughts, and apologies to all if this isn't appropo...

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nutrino
..... what, exactly, qualifies these Know It Alls to speak so broadly on the subjest, anyway ?

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hipo
:shock: I'm starting to get overwhelmed by all the posts about this Landmark. I never heard of this company before. .

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hipo
:shock: I'm starting to get overwhelmed by all the posts about this Landmark. I never heard of this company before. .

Landmark is like a drug. Once people get sucked in, it is as difficult to get rid of the brainwashing like getting rid of any addiction.