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	* [[Intermittent Reinforcement]]		* [[Intermittent Reinforcement]]
			* [[Indicator of interest]]
			* [[Indicator of disinterest]]
			* [[Frame (seduction)]]
			* [[Over-gaming]]
			* [[Congruence]]
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	\| also = push/pull, hot and cold, cat string		\| also = push/pull, hot and cold, cat string
	\| field = Pickup / flirting		\| field = Pickup / flirting
	\| origin = Mystery-era [[seduction community]]; ~~house~~ reading ~~from pickup literature~~ teasing and takeaway		\| origin = Mystery-era [[seduction community]]; later reading is teasing and takeaway
	\| related = [[Takeaway (pickup)]]; [[Teasing]]; [[Bait, hook, reel, release]]; [[Qualification (pickup)]]		\| related = [[Takeaway (pickup)]]; [[Teasing]]; [[Bait, hook, reel, release]]; [[Qualification (pickup)]]
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	{{Short description\|Flirting mechanic that alternates warmth and challenge}}		{{Short description\|Flirting mechanic that alternates warmth and challenge}}
	{{Infobox term		{{Infobox term
	\| name = Push-pull		\| name = Push-pull
	\| also = push/pull, hot and cold, cat string		\| also = push/pull, hot and cold, cat string
	\| field = Pickup / flirting		\| field = Pickup / flirting
	\| origin = Mystery-era [[seduction community]]; house reading from ~~later~~ pickup ~~writing~~ teasing and takeaway		\| origin = Mystery-era [[seduction community]]; house reading from pickup literature teasing and takeaway
	\| related = [[Takeaway (pickup)]]; [[Teasing]]; [[Bait, hook, reel, release]]; [[Qualification (pickup)]]		\| related = [[Takeaway (pickup)]]; [[Teasing]]; [[Bait, hook, reel, release]]; [[Qualification (pickup)]]
	}}		}}
	'''Push-pull''' is a flirting mechanic that alternates a '''pull''' (warmth, interest, a real compliment, moving closer) with a '''push''' (a tease, a challenge, a brief takeaway, looking away). The claimed job is to keep tension alive instead of collapsing into one-mode approval. ~~On this wiki the lead is the~~ later ~~pickup writing / [[Skilled Seducer]]~~ reading: teasing plus leading, not a script of insults.<ref name="wp">{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_artist \|title=Pickup artist \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=18 September 2026}}</ref>		'''Push-pull''' is a flirting mechanic that alternates a '''pull''' (warmth, interest, a real compliment, moving closer) with a '''push''' (a tease, a challenge, a brief takeaway, looking away). The claimed job is to keep tension alive instead of collapsing into one-mode approval. A common later reading: teasing plus leading, not a script of insults.<ref name="wp">{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_artist \|title=Pickup artist \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=18 September 2026}}</ref>

	The older [[pickup artist]] name for the same loop is [[Bait, hook, reel, release\|BHRR]] and the [[Takeaway (pickup)\|takeaway]]: attention that never leaves has no price.<ref name="mm">{{cite book \|last=von Markovik \|first=Erik \|title=The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed \|publisher=St. Martin's Press \|year=2007 \|isbn=978-0-312-36011-5}}</ref><ref name="lingo-take">{{cite web \|url=http://www.pualingo.com/takeaway/ \|title=Takeaway \|author=Vince Lin \|website=PUA Lingo \|date=2008 \|access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref>		The older [[pickup artist]] name for the same loop is [[Bait, hook, reel, release\|BHRR]] and the [[Takeaway (pickup)\|takeaway]]: attention that never leaves has no price.<ref name="mm">{{cite book \|last=von Markovik \|first=Erik \|title=The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed \|publisher=St. Martin's Press \|year=2007 \|isbn=978-0-312-36011-5}}</ref><ref name="lingo-take">{{cite web \|url=http://www.pualingo.com/takeaway/ \|title=Takeaway \|author=Vince Lin \|website=PUA Lingo \|date=2008 \|access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref>

	This encyclopedia describes the term. It is not a license to be cruel. A push that targets looks, status, or a real insecurity is [[negging]], which ~~this wiki treats~~ as a historical Mystery-era tool with a high failure rate, not as ~~house~~ method.		This encyclopedia describes the term. It is not a license to be cruel. A push that targets looks, status, or a real insecurity is [[negging]], which is treated here as a historical Mystery-era tool with a high failure rate, not as current method.

	== Method ==		== Method ==
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	* '''Using it as a substitute for [[qualification (pickup)\|qualification]].''' Push-pull creates tension. It does not get her to invest in you as a person. That is a different job.		* '''Using it as a substitute for [[qualification (pickup)\|qualification]].''' Push-pull creates tension. It does not get her to invest in you as a person. That is a different job.

	== ~~This wiki's view~~ ==		== Encyclopedia use ==
	Warmth plus standards is ordinary adult flirting. The useful half of push-pull is [[teasing]] and not being a slot machine. The useless half is treating a woman like a yo-yo. [[Calibration]] decides which half you are in.		Warmth plus standards is ordinary adult flirting. The useful half of push-pull is [[teasing]] and not being a slot machine. The useless half is treating a woman like a yo-yo. [[Calibration]] decides which half you are in.

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	\| also = push/pull, hot and cold, cat string		\| also = push/pull, hot and cold, cat string
	\| field = Pickup / flirting		\| field = Pickup / flirting
	\| origin = Mystery-era [[seduction community]]; house reading from ~~[[Girls Chase]]~~ teasing and takeaway		\| origin = Mystery-era [[seduction community]]; house reading from later pickup writing teasing and takeaway
	\| related = [[Takeaway (pickup)]]; [[Teasing]]; [[Bait, hook, reel, release]]; [[Qualification (pickup)]]		\| related = [[Takeaway (pickup)]]; [[Teasing]]; [[Bait, hook, reel, release]]; [[Qualification (pickup)]]
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	'''Push-pull''' is a flirting mechanic that alternates a '''pull''' (warmth, interest, a real compliment, moving closer) with a '''push''' (a tease, a challenge, a brief takeaway, looking away). The claimed job is to keep tension alive instead of collapsing into one-mode approval. On this wiki the lead is the ~~[[Girls Chase]]~~ / [[Skilled Seducer]] reading: teasing plus leading, not a script of insults.<ref name="~~gc-tease~~">{{cite web \|url=https://~~www~~.~~girlschase~~.~~com~~/ \|title=~~Girls Chase~~ \|website=~~girlschase.com~~ \|access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref>		'''Push-pull''' is a flirting mechanic that alternates a '''pull''' (warmth, interest, a real compliment, moving closer) with a '''push''' (a tease, a challenge, a brief takeaway, looking away). The claimed job is to keep tension alive instead of collapsing into one-mode approval. On this wiki the lead is the later pickup writing / [[Skilled Seducer]] reading: teasing plus leading, not a script of insults.<ref name="wp">{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_artist \|title=Pickup artist \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=18 September 2026}}</ref>

	The older [[pickup artist]] name for the same loop is [[Bait, hook, reel, release\|BHRR]] and the [[Takeaway (pickup)\|takeaway]]: attention that never leaves has no price.<ref name="mm">{{cite book \|last=von Markovik \|first=Erik \|title=The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed \|publisher=St. Martin's Press \|year=2007 \|isbn=978-0-312-36011-5}}</ref><ref name="lingo-take">{{cite web \|url=http://www.pualingo.com/takeaway/ \|title=Takeaway \|author=Vince Lin \|website=PUA Lingo \|date=2008 \|access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref>		The older [[pickup artist]] name for the same loop is [[Bait, hook, reel, release\|BHRR]] and the [[Takeaway (pickup)\|takeaway]]: attention that never leaves has no price.<ref name="mm">{{cite book \|last=von Markovik \|first=Erik \|title=The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed \|publisher=St. Martin's Press \|year=2007 \|isbn=978-0-312-36011-5}}</ref><ref name="lingo-take">{{cite web \|url=http://www.pualingo.com/takeaway/ \|title=Takeaway \|author=Vince Lin \|website=PUA Lingo \|date=2008 \|access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref>
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	== Method ==		== Method ==
	~~[[Chase Amante]]'s school~~ does not run "push-pull lines." It runs the ingredients:		Later pickup does not run "push-pull lines." It runs the ingredients:

	# '''Pull''' is genuine. A specific compliment, a laugh, a statement of interest, moving the conversation somewhere private. Fake warmth reads as sales.		# '''Pull''' is genuine. A specific compliment, a laugh, a statement of interest, moving the conversation somewhere private. Fake warmth reads as sales.

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{{Short description|Flirting mechanic that alternates warmth and challenge}}
{{Infobox term
| name = Push-pull
| also = push/pull, hot and cold, cat string
| field = Pickup / flirting
| origin = Mystery-era [[seduction community]]; house reading from [[Girls Chase]] teasing and takeaway
| related = [[Takeaway (pickup)]]; [[Teasing]]; [[Bait, hook, reel, release]]; [[Qualification (pickup)]]
}}
'''Push-pull''' is a flirting mechanic that alternates a '''pull''' (warmth, interest, a real compliment, moving closer) with a '''push''' (a tease, a challenge, a brief takeaway, looking away). The claimed job is to keep tension alive instead of collapsing into one-mode approval. On this wiki the lead is the [[Girls Chase]] / [[Skilled Seducer]] reading: teasing plus leading, not a script of insults.<ref name="gc-tease">{{cite web |url=https://www.girlschase.com/ |title=Girls Chase |website=girlschase.com |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref>

The older [[pickup artist]] name for the same loop is [[Bait, hook, reel, release|BHRR]] and the [[Takeaway (pickup)|takeaway]]: attention that never leaves has no price.<ref name="mm">{{cite book |last=von Markovik |first=Erik |title=The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-312-36011-5}}</ref><ref name="lingo-take">{{cite web |url=http://www.pualingo.com/takeaway/ |title=Takeaway |author=Vince Lin |website=PUA Lingo |date=2008 |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref>

This encyclopedia describes the term. It is not a license to be cruel. A push that targets looks, status, or a real insecurity is [[negging]], which this wiki treats as a historical Mystery-era tool with a high failure rate, not as house method.

== Method ==
[[Chase Amante]]'s school does not run "push-pull lines." It runs the ingredients:

# '''Pull''' is genuine. A specific compliment, a laugh, a statement of interest, moving the conversation somewhere private. Fake warmth reads as sales.
# '''Push''' is light and then you move on. A tease about what she just said, a [[false time constraint]], actually having somewhere to be. You do not explain the joke.
# '''Lead.''' The mechanic only works if you are going somewhere: a venue change, a number, an [[instant date]], home logistics. Tension without logistics is banter that dies at last call.
# '''Stop.''' One or two exchanges. Looping the bit turns you into a clown ([[over-gaming]]).

The [[Newbie assignment]] trains the prerequisite: eye contact, posture, talking to strangers. Push-pull on top of freeze and neediness is just [[negging]] with worse branding.

== Other schools ==
'''Mystery-era.''' [[Bait, hook, reel, release]] is push-pull as a club loop: she invests, you reward, you pull back, she invests more. The [[takeaway (pickup)|takeaway]] and "cat string" metaphors are the same claim in different jargon.<ref name="mm" /><ref name="lingo-take" />

'''RSD / "natural."''' Hot-and-cold framed as vibe and [[congruence]] rather than a named move. Same failure mode: beginners hear "push" and become mean.

'''London [[daygame]].''' Street stops have almost no time for a theatrical push. The functional equivalent is leaving after a solid open (real time constraint) and texting a [[Day 2]].

== Failure mode ==
* '''All pull.''' Compliments, questions, availability. Reads as nice and as already won. The chase is over before it starts.
* '''All push.''' Insults, freeze-outs, "neg hits." This is [[negging]]. Most women leave.
* '''Commenting on the move.''' "Just kidding" after a tease wrecks the frame.
* '''Using it as a substitute for [[qualification (pickup)|qualification]].''' Push-pull creates tension. It does not get her to invest in you as a person. That is a different job.

== This wiki's view ==
Warmth plus standards is ordinary adult flirting. The useful half of push-pull is [[teasing]] and not being a slot machine. The useless half is treating a woman like a yo-yo. [[Calibration]] decides which half you are in.

== See also ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[Teasing]]
* [[Takeaway (pickup)]]
* [[Bait, hook, reel, release]]
* [[Negging]]
* [[Sexual tension]]
* [[Qualification (pickup)]]
* [[Cat string theory]]
* [[Intermittent Reinforcement]]
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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