Changing attitudes

So I talked to an old friend of mine today. I mentioned i bought some new designer jeans when i hit Boston. Hell i won $600 in poker that week and so i splurged on a $250 pair of Diesel Jeans that won't even be out till spring.. I didn't say how much they were but then i got the 20 questions and her worried how much i've changed.

I of course worry i am going down a slippery road. The PUA community is a bit sleazy. I am changing because i want to learn to be good with people, women, men, bosses, etc. However, in this community arrogance and dehumanizing people is common. But I don't buy into most of that.

I used to be into more of a hippie lifestyle and my friend is worried i am moving toward a shallow consumeristic money oriented life.

I am still me.. I am more confident then i have ever been and my relationships are becoming stronger and more numerous. I still drive a biodiesel car and live on less then $1500 a month. So what if I buy some nice clothes and dress well? Do I treat others badly because they don't wear expensive clothes? Never... In fact i am still so attracted to women who can just wear t-shirt and jeans with no makeup..

I am exploring what it is like to be socially successful. I guess a lot of shallow people are ONLY into their social life and money, so appearences can be decieving.

Only time will tell who i become. People are afraid of change, but nothing ventured nothing gained...