{"id":10322,"date":"2021-10-28T23:34:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T22:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/?p=10322"},"modified":"2021-11-02T13:08:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:08:56","slug":"a-game-of-cat-and-mouse-i-dare-not-believe-in-love-anymore-after-realizing-my-ex-were-a-pua-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/a-game-of-cat-and-mouse-i-dare-not-believe-in-love-anymore-after-realizing-my-ex-were-a-pua-master\/","title":{"rendered":"A game of cat and mouse: I dare not believe in \u201cLove\u201d anymore after realizing my ex was a PUA master."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>The pick-up artist is seducing more and more young women these years in China, so how these women were seduced by Pick-up artist (PUA)? What happened to them? And any effects?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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“What\u2019s PUA?<\/span>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I dare not believe in \u201cLove\u201d anymore after realizing my ex was a Pick-up artist (PUA) master.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xiao Yu (pseudonym), a 29-year-old primary school teacher, broke up with her boyfriend of six months after she found the secret that her boyfriend was a Pick-up artist master. \u201cIt was unbelievable, and my world came crashing down.\u201d It was a big blow to her. Xiao Yu is in a very bad condition, her face is sallow and thin. She was once a very confident and sunny girl, well-educated and had a decent job. She graduated from the University of Leeds in the UK two years ago with a master\u2019s degree and then joined a primary school in Chengdu, China as an English teacher. But her peace life has changed since she met Jie (pseudonym).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a rainy night, \u201cI had to pass a file to my collage at that day, and my computer was out of power. So, I just turned on his computer. Then I found a folder with the title \u2018Prey Guys\u2019. curiously I clicked in, and there were rows and rows of folders named by \u2018region – name – career \u2013 personality\u2019, densely packed with at least a couple of hundred.\u201d Then, Xiao Yu realized that her boyfriend might not simply be having an affair, he was probably a well-trained PUA master. \u201cThose folders were full of his chatting screenshots with these girls, sneak peeks from dating, naked photos, and even sex videos. He was like an emotionless dating machine, and I was one of his preys.\u201d Not surprisingly Xiao Yu found her folder titled as Chengdu \u2013 Xiao Yu – Obedient<\/em>. \u201cIt was quite painful, our relationships over the last six months were a joke. I couldn’t trust anyone, I had to seal myself off to protect myself. I even started to be afraid to talk to men other than my father.\u201d Said Xiao Yu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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