The rule is always to, "leave a person

It's funny how you claim PUA doesn't make people incapable of happy relationships, and yet the rule you're so proud of assumes that the PUA will always be leaving the "target."

I guarantee that the women I date are as good or better at this seduction game as me, and these skills are a precursor to even dating them.

I actually believe this is true of most PUAs. No problem with that statement. I just think it's silly that many of them think they're actually perfecting a special skill where they can GET ANY WOMAN, not just the skill of finding women who want the same thing as them. However, "most" =/= all, and my other comments in this thread serve to illustrate the problem I have with the minority who are not just finding the women with the same wants and patterns and habits they have.

how has this played out in your personal life?

I'm not totally sure I know what you're asking, but are you asking if I leave people better than I found them?

That's really a question for those people, wouldn't you think? I wouldn't presume to have the right to make a judgment like "better/worse" for another human being. I certainly don't think I've damaged anyone by dating them. My longest-term ex is still a good friend and we coparent the dog we raised together. I think he is happier overall than he was before we met, but he was also really young when we met (so was I) and it's hard to be happy at 17.